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Volunteer for ELI Activities

Our members often express interest in getting more involved with ELI. Take a look and see if you might be interested in volunteering in any of the ways described on our Volunteer Interest Form. Please note that you must be a representative from an ELI member institution to volunteer for an ELI activity.

Share Your Innovations with the ELI Community

The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative is searching for innovative practices, technologies, and projects among our member institutions that expand the horizons of teaching, learning, and technology. If you have an innovation, consider sharing it with the ELI community. Send an e-mail to ELI Associate Director Veronica Diaz at vdiaz@educause.edu and include the name of your institution, a brief description of the course, class or project, and a campus contact.

ELI Quick Polls

We want to hear from you about issues important to the ELI community! ELI quick polls are designed to elicit member feedback on learning and technology topics and to help ELI respond to our members' needs and interests. Below are the results of earlier polls. Be on the lookout for new ELI polls coming soon.

Poll Results on Skills for "Life 2.0"

The ELI January/February 2008 poll asked members to consider the most important skills that students must develop to prepare them for “Life 2.0.” Critical thinking topped the list, selected by more than 85 percent of participants, while fewer than 15 percent of those polled selected discipline-specific writing, effective presentations, and training in discipline-specific tools. The four most important skills needed for Life 2.0, according to respondents, were:

  • Critical thinking
  • Assessing online content and digital sources
  • Team collaboration
  • Thinking critically about legal and ethical issues on the web

Digital media creation and expertise with emerging technologies and software tied as the fifth most important skill.

Learning Space Issues, August/September 2007

The results of the ELI August/September 2007 poll indicate a variety of technologies and approaches to learning are important when considering learning space design. However, a majority of the 51 respondents noted that their institutions do not have a strategic plan for upgrading, implementing, or assessing learning spaces. For those whose institutions do assess learning spaces, the preferred strategies include student and faculty surveys and faculty focus groups. The top four characteristics respondents said were most desired in learning spaces are:

  • Internet use during class
  • Layouts that support small group discussion
  • Projection of images while the room is illuminated
  • Student laptop use during class

Characteristics tied for fifth include the capability to:

  • Record what is written on the board for later use
  • Customize the arrangement of furniture to suit class activities
  • Easily integrate assistive technologies

Respondents listed the following technologies as most important for reaching their institution's instructional goals: wireless networks, image projection, laptops/tablets, videoconferencing, and videostreaming.

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