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Why is EDUCAUSE holding a 3-day sprint?

MOOCs—massive open online courses—are catalyzing institutions to rethink the "rules" of higher education. Large-scale online learning has emerged, led by some of the world's most influential universities. IT is reshaping pedagogy, delivery systems, business models, and credentialing—even challenging what it means to be a college or university. This transformation is moving higher education from the information age to the connected age.

During the 3-day EDUCAUSE Sprint, we will explore the changes this emerging connected age has for infrastructure, platforms, teaching and learning, analytics, student support, and business models.

What can I expect to get out of the sprint?

You can expect to discuss the transformative elements of MOOCs—connectedness, scale, massive data, and institutional and credentialing models—and the role IT is playing in this rapidly evolving landscape.

You will walk away with an understanding of:

• The forces that are catalyzing change in higher education
• How technology can change the learning experience
• The infrastructure that's needed for the connected age
   

How do I participate?

Visit this website throughout the week. The sprint is a build-your-own experience—you choose which activities to participate in, based on your interests and needs. Each day we will reveal a new web page with links to the free activities. Participate in real time or when you have the time.

The daily web pages will connect you to all of the sprint activities:

• Participate in the online discussion via IdeaScale—our conversation hub. Logging in is easy using a Google, Facebook, AOL, Twitter, Yahoo!, or an Open ID account.
• Read and comment on featured EDUCAUSE resources—you will need an EDUCAUSE web profile to post comments.
• Watch the daily webinars—you must be preregistered for the live 1:00 p.m. (ET) sessions. Registration will be open soon. Recordings will be posted to this site by 4:00 p.m. (ET) daily.
• Read daily blogs posted by invited guest bloggers, accessible from the sprint home page.
• Take the daily poll—results can be viewed immediately, revealing what others are saying and doing.
• Follow us on Twitter using the hashtag #EDUSprint.
• Tell us what you think—e-mail us your thoughts. Your feedback is important to us.
   

Watch your inbox each morning for our daily sprint e-newsletter. This will be sent at 8:00 a.m. (ET) each day and will outline the day's activities as well as highlights and insights from the previous day. If you do not receive the newsletter, you can access each day's issue from the sprint home page.

What will happen after the sprint?

After the sprint, the website for the three-day experience will turn into a hub to aggregate and showcase resources, effective practices, and venues where the conversation can continue.

In addition, an event summary will be published, and a proceedings e-mail will be sent to the community with information on how to engage in year-round conversation.

How do I get help or give feedback?

Please e-mail or call EDUCAUSE Member Services at 303-449-4430 with any questions or comments on this experience.

For webinar technical questions, you can also visit our technical requirements and webinar FAQs pages.