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Effective teaching and learning is, first and foremost, about the learner. The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) believes that its efforts begin with a consideration of the learner, whether a Net Generation student; an adult learner; or a faculty member, staff member, or administrator seeking to use technology to improve a student's success.

What Members Say About ELI

In the following short video, ELI members talk about the emphasis ELI places on issues related to learners and learning in the resources it develops and the events it conducts, and how that emphasis helps them advance learning through IT innovation on their campuses.

What Members Say about ELI's Focus on Learners and Learning

Current Topics

Net Generation Learners

Traditional-age students who are now entering colleges and universities may never have known life without the Internet. They consider the Internet essential to life, learning, work, and leisure and have different behaviors, attitudes, and aptitudes as a result of their exposure to technology. In many cases, the perspective of the Net Generation varies significantly from that of today's college and university administrators and faculty. Learn More>>

Adult Learners

The stereotypical image of the college student as an 18–23 year-old in residential, full-time study is being challenged by a new reality. The U.S. economy is now information-driven and a college degree has become increasingly important for both new entrants into the labor force as well as those already employed. Adults have become a rapidly growing part of the student population at colleges and universities nationwide. However, practices designed for a traditional age population do not necessarily serve an adult learner well. Learn More>>

Faculty

While we automatically think of students as learners, faculty are learners as well. This may be particularly true for learning technologies. Most faculty received their academic training in a pre-Internet world, and they may have had no formal exposure to learning principles and practices. Because technology, pedagogy, and disciplines change, faculty are lifelong learners. Learn more>>

EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative The EDUCAUSE Top Teaching and Learning Challenges 2009 Learners Net Generation Learners Adult Learners Faculty Learning Principles and Practices Learning Technologies ELI Resources ELI Events Membership About ELI What Would You Like to Do?		Learners Effective teaching and learning is, first and foremost, about the learner. The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) believes that its efforts begin with a consideration of the learner, whether a Net Generation student; an adult learner; or a faculty member, staff member, or administrator seeking to use technology to improve a student's success. What Members Say About ELI In the following short video, ELI members talk about the emphasis ELI places on issues related to learners and learning in the resources it develops and the events it conducts, and how that emphasis helps them advance learning through IT innovation on their campuses. What Members Say about ELI's Focus on Learners and Learning Current Topics Net Generation Learners Traditional-age students who are now entering colleges and universities may never have known life without the Internet. They consider the Internet essential to life, learning, work, and leisure and have different behaviors, attitudes, and aptitudes as a result of their exposure to technology. In many cases, the perspective of the Net Generation varies significantly from that of today's college and university administrators and faculty. Learn More>> Adult Learners The stereotypical image of the college student as an 18–23 year-old in residential, full-time study is being challenged by a new reality. The U.S. economy is now information-driven and a college degree has become increasingly important for both new entrants into the labor force as well as those already employed. Adults have become a rapidly growing part of the student population at colleges and universities nationwide. However, practices designed for a traditional age population do not necessarily serve an adult learner well. Learn More>> Faculty While we automatically think of students as learners, faculty are learners as well. This may be particularly true for learning technologies. Most faculty received their academic training in a pre-Internet world, and they may have had no formal exposure to learning principles and practices. Because technology, pedagogy, and disciplines change, faculty are lifelong learners. Learn more>>
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