In the spirit of social learning spaces, we present a special issue of the Journal for Research and Practice in College Teaching that showcases both the process and the product of the case clinic. In Communities of Practice within and across Organizations: A guidebook, Wenger-Trayner et al (2023) describe a case clinic as, “A member brings a real-life challenge to the community and members struggle with it together. Because it is triggered by a need emerging from practice, the case clinic is the quintessential social learning activity” (145).  These articles based on case clinics document the collaborative process of this method of exploring the complexity of problems that groups are engaged in solving.

Published: 2024-09-09

The Child Development Associate (CDA) as a Viable Stepping Stone in the Early Childhood Education Classroom

Markell Mettler, Amy Wolfe, Marci Shepard, Debra Dunning, Julie Francis, Maryjo Flamm-Miller, Kim Suwannasing

AI Faculty Burnout

Fostering wellbeing through social learning

Stacy Ybarra Evans, Jessica Hajek, Valerie Martinez, Laura Petersen

Student Team Dynamics and Developmental Feedback

A common challenge from a year-long, multi-disciplinary engineering Community of Practice

Jennifer Detlor, Eduardo Arvelo, Arganthael Berson, Haley Briel, Michael Cheadle, Chris Dakes, Donald Gillian-Daniel, Laura Grossenbacher, Erica Hagen, Nathan Jung, Lizeth Ortiz Reyes, Tracy Puccinelli, Amanda Smith, Sinan Tas, Christa Wille

Using the Case Clinic as a Brainstorming Session

Joseph Baumgartner, Ruth Benander, Alex Kemphaus, Rita Kumar, Brenda Refaei