I see learning communities as one end of a spectrum that encompasses the "Sage on the Stage" at one end and "Student directed learning" on the other. My 17 years teaching experienc ( 13 years secondary ed. and 4 years UGA) tells me that being on the ends of a teaching spectrum is not a good place to be all the time. Do learning communities fall into the same pitfall as teacher directed techniques? Will educators, 10 years down the road, look at learning communities as a solution or a big mistake?