Instructional Technologies Constituent Group

The use of information technology to enhance teaching and learning-instructional technology -combines an understanding of pedagogy and technology. Instructional technologists are a diverse group encompassing faculty, staff, and even students. Their professional backgrounds include technologists and subject experts, as well as education and learning theorists. The field is rapidly changing due to the continual evolution of the underlying technologies, enhanced understanding of learning, and discipline-driven changes within the subjects being taught. The EDUCAUSE Instructional Technologies constituent group provides a forum for the exchange and archiving of information and for discussions of key issues relating to information technologies. Topics range from learner-centered principles to technology selection. This group meets at the EDUCAUSE annual conference and uses the electronic discussion list to discuss issues throughout the year.

Leaders

• Danilo M. Baylen, Associate Professor, University of West Georgia, dbaylen@westga.edu
• Cyprien P. Lomas, Director, Learning Centre, The University of British Columbia, cyprien.lomas@ubc.ca

Discussion List (INSTTECH)

• Join or Leave List
• Send Message to List (subscribers only)
• Participation Guidelines
• List Archives (fully searchable)

EDUCAUSE Resources

• Collaborations
  • Electronic Portfolios, American Association for Higher Education (AAHE)
  • Coalition for Networked Information
  • The New Media Consortium (NMC)
• Constituent and Discussion Groups
  • Consider subscribing to these other related groups: Handheld and Mobile Computing, Learning Space Design, and Library/IT Partnerships
• Job Opportunities
• Membership Directory
• EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI)
• EDUCAUSE Resource Center
  • Browse the EDUCAUSE Resource Center on the topic of instructional technology, educational technology, or design
  • Effective Practice: Center for Instructional Technology Support (CATS), Eastern Illinois University

Additional Resources

• Keep Toolkit: Tools for Knowledge, Exchange, Exhibition, and Presentation, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
• Cooperative Learning Object Exchange (CLOE)
• The Education Arcade
• Edutools: Course Management System Comparison site, Edutools is project of Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications (WCET)
• IMS Global Learning Consortium
• Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching   (MERLOT)
• Pew Internet and American Life Project

Let us know about related resources you think are valuable.

Meeting Minutes

The first meeting of the Instructional Technologies constituent group will be held at the EDUCAUSE 2005 Annual Conference.

• EDUCAUSE 2010
• EDUCAUSE 2009