Challenge: Set clear expectations for teacher involvement
Why:
An interesting observation is that teacher-driven communities get less activity than student-driven ones. That's why students are good Learning Community Managers.
To identify the teachers role, simply start by asking three basic questions.
See the flow-chart to the right.
Teachers are often very busy, and sometimes prefer that the learning community manager to do what they think is best without being involved themselves. And that's ok. It allows you to scale student-driven communities at your university without being blocked by busy teachers. These are student-driven communities after all!
For teachers who