2001 Summer Focus Session

Partnering in the Learning Marketspace
May 18, 2001
U.S. Grant Hotel
San Diego, California

Proceedings

• General Sessions

Meeting Purpose

The purpose of this focus session is to advance the body of thought on the alternatives and issues involved for inter-institutional partnering and for partnering with commercial service providers to develop and implement highly-leveraged strategies for e-learning - the use of Internet technologies in teaching and learning. This seminar will examine new opportunities to reconfigure the way that instruction is funded, developed, marketed, delivered, and supported.

We will tackle questions that institutional and system boards, officers, and faculty ask when evaluating such partnership opportunities:

1. In the context of higher education, learning organizations, and lifelong learning, there is much talk about the "learning marketspace." What is it?
2. What do these partnerships look like?
3. When and how should an institution or system embark on such a partnership effort?
4. What are the leadership competencies needed in a learning marketspace partnership? How do you identify leaders who are authentic about partnering?
5. What does success look like in the learning marketspace?
6. What are the most important driving forces and obstacles in building such a partnership?
7. What are the key criteria for assessing an institution's readiness to partner?
8. Can there be a learning marketspace where commercial viability is not at the expense of academic values (the balance between commercial forces and imperatives for the public good)?