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 may have had no formal exposure to learning principles and practices. Because technology, pedagogy, and our disciplines change, faculty are lifelong learners.
Questions the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) explores include:
How is faculty work likely to change in the next five to ten years? What changes will be required to meet student expectations? To improve the quality of faculty life?
At what point in a faculty (or future faculty) member's career is education regarding pedagogy, technology, and learning practice most helpful?
What models are most effective in helping faculty use technology in service to learning?
What resources remove barriers to faculty adoption of technology?
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Anne Moore, John Moore, and Shelli Fowler, Faculty Development for the Net Generation, in Diana G. Oblinger and James Oblinger, eds., Educating the Net Generation, (Boulder, Colo.: EDUCAUSE, 2005).
ALN Web Center: Learning Networks Effectiveness Research Cosponsored by Sloan-C and the New Jersey Institute of Technology, this site provides an online community for faculty using asynchronous learning networks in their teaching. Community members interact to synthesize existing research-based knowledge, discuss emerging issues and events, and help create new knowledge.
ARL Copyright and Intellectual Property Web Page The Association of Research Libraries provides access to a variety of resources on copyright and intellectual property issues via this page, including tips for scholars on managing their copyrights and overviews of public policy developments in the field.
Educational Development Centers Maintained by Dalhousie University, this site provides links to a large number of North American and international university centers for faculty teaching and learning support.
Know Your Copy Rights Sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), this Web site provides information and resources for faculty outreach and development on copyright issues related to teaching and learning. It includes a brochure and FAQ for faculty and teaching assistants covering the key issues.
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) MERLOT features a wide variety of learning materials, many of which are peer reviewed, that cross a wide spectrum of higher education disciplines. The site also hosts a teaching and learning community that provides links to resources that can help faculty increase their knowledge, productivity, and professional effectiveness in teaching with technology.
Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) The site provides resources, links, and workshops designed to help faculty develop more effective online teaching and learning practices. It features an effective practices database, segmented into five content areas: learning effectiveness, institutional commitment, access, faculty satisfaction, and student satisfaction. Faculty are also invited to contribute their own practices.
Teaching, Learning, and Technology Group (TLT Group) TLT sponsors conferences, workshops, online discussions, and consulting for faculty who are interested in incorporating technology into their teaching and learning.
Teaching Resources on the Web Sponsored by The Ohio State University, the site connects to a wide variety of links on modes of teaching, technology, evaluation of learning, and assessment of teaching.
Theory into Practice Website (TIP) TIP is a tool intended to make learning and instructional theory more accessible to educators. The database contains brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction. These theories can also be accessed by learning domains and concepts.
Tools
ELI Discovery Tools
The following ELI Discovery Tools can help you develop learning opportunities for your faculty, from exploring learning space design to discovering the unique characteristics of their Net Gen students. Visit the Discovery Tools page to learn more about these ELI resources. Please note that ELI Discovery Tools are open only to ELI members for the first 6 months they are available. If you aren't sure if your institution is an ELI member, please see our list of member organization.
ELI Discovery Tool: Learning Space Workshop Guide A set of modifiable, modular activities that encourage critical thinking about characteristics and principles of learning space design, the pedagogical roles of technology, student perspectives, assessment, and related issues.
ELI Discovery Tool: Net Generation Workshop Guide A collection of simple activities and suggested readings on the Net Generation, set up as customizable modules for stand-alone activities or a multiday event.
Applying Technology to Teaching and Learning A set of guides to help you select and integrate technology into teaching and learning—determining the driving learning issues, understanding your options, and implementing the technology that best supports your teaching and learning objectives.
ELI Student/Faculty Questionnaire A questionnaire designed to help you understand student and faculty familiarity with learning technologies, expectations for the use of technology in teaching and learning, and views on how students prefer to learn.
Morris J. Beverage, Jr., Slow Change in a Fast Culture, EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 38, no. 5 (September/October 2003), pp. 10–11.
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