TLChallenges09 - 1 Resources

Since August 2008, members of the EDUCAUSE teaching and learning community have been debating higher education’s “challenges” in teaching and learning with technology—those big issues dominating campus conversations across the country. Through focus groups, interactive brainstorming sessions, and a community-wide vote, the community has named the Top Teaching and Learning Challenges, 2009.

More than just a list, however, the Challenges project is a community effort to connect colleagues around solutions and begin building relationships that can help us all, collectively, address these issues. We know that members of the teaching and learning community strive everyday to do more with less, to stay on the edge of innovation, and to encourage their faculty and students to think critically and work creatively. The Challenges project is an effort to build a network of solutions, showcase innovation and inspire new ideas. 

With that in mind, the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative is inviting the community to participate in a series of special, one-hour “Solutions-in-Action” webcasts featuring five-minute lightning round presentations from members of the community. Each webcast will address a specific challenge as community members briefly share their campus solutions. Each session will be hosted online in Adobe Connect, giving participants an opportunity to interact with speakers and each other.

This is your chance to showcase your campus and connect with colleagues around real solutions and innovative directions. Explore each tab to learn more about joining these seminars and email ELI Program Coordinator Carie Page (cpage@educause.edu) if you would like to contribute a campus solution.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Solutions in Action: Reaching and Engaging Today’s Learners

This EDUCAUSE webcast is open to the public and no advance registration is required.

Monday, April 20, 2009
1 p.m. – 2 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time

Today’s students are growing up amidst exponential technological change. Ubiquitous computing and mobile devices allow them to operate in a type of third dimension, where face-to-face interactions are supplemented by an “always on” connection to virtual content and social networks. They create content, whether it’s remixing a video on YouTube or blogging about a summer backpacking trip. They share content, from posting photos on Flickr to exchanging biology notes with a classroom group on Facebook and they are increasingly using digital and mobile devices to access content. How are our classrooms evolving to fully leverage the ways today’s students are accessing content and constructing knowledge?

Join us for this special, one-hour “Solutions-in-Action” webcast as part of the EDUCAUSE Top Teaching and Learning Challenges, 2009 to learn how institutions are leveraging technology to reach and engage today’s learners. Each webcast features a lightning round of five-minute presentations from community members sharing how their campus is facing the challenge. Participants will be encouraged to interact with each other and speakers through chat and just-in-time polling tools.

Connection Instructions:The URL for the webcast is http://educause.acrobat.com/elisem. To join, select "Enter as a Guest", type in your name, and click on "Enter Room".

Prior to the webcast, please run the Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Connection Test before the event. The test takes approximately 30 seconds and will verify that your computer meets hardware and software requirements to use Adobe Connect, and will provide instructions for installing Adobe Flash, if needed. If you have problems completing the test, or installing required software, please contact support@clarix.com, or visit Adobe Support for more information. If you are having audio or video issues during the event, please see our Adobe Connect Frequently Asked Questions or Technical Information page.

Please note that ELI will be offering a back-up conference call line if you experience difficulties. Please note the number and plan to have a telephone in the room on the day of the webcast. The call-in number is: 1-877-944-2300, access code 105643#.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Solutions in Action: Advancing Innovation in Teaching and Learning (with technology) in an Era of Budget Cuts

This EDUCAUSE webcast is open to the public and no advance registration is required.

PLEASE NOTE: This webcast, originally scheduled for March 16, has been rescheduled for July 27.

Monday, July 27, 2009
1 p.m. - 2 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time

Daily, we are confronted with stories of budget cuts, increasing joblessness rates, and sinking markets. If indeed, necessity is the mother of invention, there is no better time than now to investigate new approaches for doing more with less on our campuses and cultivating more efficient ways to advance teaching and learning with technology. From Web 2.0 technologies to cloud computing and open-source software, learn how campuses are delivering new services while balancing tight budgets in this one-hour “Solutions-in-Action” webcast as part of the EDUCAUSE Top Teaching and Learning Challenges, 2009.

Each webcast features a lightning round of five-minute presentations from community members sharing how their campus is facing the challenge. Participants will be encouraged to interact with each other and speakers through chat and just-in-time polling tools.

Connection Instructions:The URL for the webcast is http://educause.acrobat.com/elisem. To join, select "Enter as a Guest", type in your name, and click on "Enter Room".

Prior to the webcast, please run the Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Connection Test before the event. The test takes approximately 30 seconds and will verify that your computer meets hardware and software requirements to use Adobe Connect, and will provide instructions for installing Adobe Flash, if needed. If you have problems completing the test, or installing required software, please contact support@clarix.com, or visit Adobe Support for more information. If you are having audio or video issues during the event, please see our Adobe Connect Frequently Asked Questions or Technical Information page.