Faculty Development

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Faculty Development

Blended Learning Implementation Guide

February 5, 2013

Digital Learning Now! (DLN) released "The Blended Learning Implementation Guide," the fifth DLN Smart Series paper, for leaders who are ready seize the opp…

Going Exponential – Growing the Charter Sector’s Best

January 1, 2011

The supply of seats in the nation’s best charter schools is not growing rapidly enough to serve the millions of low-income children who need better schools.  Based on lessons from the fastes…

Seizing the Opportunity at the Top: How the U.S. Can Reach Every Student with an Effective Teacher

January 1, 2011

American children deserve the one ingredient we know creates stellar learning results: excellent teachers, consistently. This brief explains why every child needs excellent teachers year after …

3x for all: Extending the Reach of Education’s Best

January 1, 2009

Teacher effectiveness has the largest impact of school effects on student learning, and research indicates that top-quintile teachers produce learning gains three times (3X) that of bottom-quin…

Foundations College Prep

November 28, 2012

At this new 6-12 school opening in Chicago in Fall 2013, differentiation is key not just for the students – who will access adaptive digital content and participate in diversified classroom…

Next Generation Learning Challenge: Simulating Teaching

December 15, 2011

Key Takeaways Can someone learn to teach by practicing with a classroom simulation ? Simulations provide multiple chances to practice , including making attempts with highe…

A Glance at Institutional Support for Faculty Teaching in an Online Learning Environment

September 22, 2010

Key Takeaways A survey of higher education institutions in a 12-state region investigated how they support faculty with the design and development of web-based classes. The literature o…

Assessing Faculty's Technology Needs

December 22, 2009

Key Takeaways A center for teaching excellence can ease the transition to the 21st century classroom by responding to faculty needs. The University of South Carolina's Center for T…

Faculty Development Programming: If We Build It, Will They Come?

August 4, 2008

© 2008 Ann Taylor and Carol McQuiggan. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 license ( http://creativecommons.org/lic…

IT and Educational Technology: What’s Pedagogy Got to Do with It?

January 1, 2006

Good Ideas IT and Educational Technology: What's Pedagogy Got to Do with IT? How IT staff can have an increasing role in teaching faculty about the pedagogy of technology By Shell…