IT Effectiveness

EDUCAUSE Library Items for IT Effectiveness

Flipped Session: Working Successfully with Emerging Technologies and Innovations

March 19, 2013 | A session at the Midwest Regional Conference

Continuously innovating and transforming our current practices is critical to keep pace with teaching and learning as it evolves. While there is no shortage of candidate innovations, the process by…

ECAR Research Tour: The Year in Review

March 19, 2013 | A session at the Midwest Regional Conference

Where does higher education stand in terms of analytics maturity, and what actions are needed to take it to the next level? How does your institution fare in providing students with the technologie…

Educational Innovation: Can a New LMS Help Set the Stage?

March 18, 2013 | A session at the Midwest Regional Conference

Universities are under growing pressure to innovate, with the dual objectives of improving quality and reducing costs. Instructional technology can play a role in satisfying both objectives. But ex…

Metrics-Driven Improvement: Leveraging IT Service Management Data to Enhance Value on Campus

January 16, 2013 | A session at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference

Athletic teams keep score. Does IT? Metrics are the business world's equivalent of keeping score. Many IT organizations focus their service management efforts on the process and never even g…

Venture Academy

November 28, 2012

Opening in Fall 2013, this 6-12 charter school in Minneapolis MN is designed to educate the next generation of innovative entrepreneurs and inventors who can use knowledge to pull apart, reas…

Breakthrough Models for College Completion: The Next Generation of Models for Higher Education

November 28, 2012

This compilation of Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) grantee profiles illustrates the innovative approaches of 10 new postsecondary degree program designs awarded grants under NGLC&…

Breakthrough Models for College Readiness: An Introduction to Next Generation Blended Schools

November 28, 2012

This compilation of Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) grantee profiles illustrates the innovative approaches of 20 new blended learning school models awarded grants under NGLC's…

University of Southern California: USC Hybrid High

November 28, 2012

USC Hybrid High’s model includes a focus on content mastery, 21st-century skills, civic responsibility, and personal growth and resiliency . Flexible scheduling, personalized supports, proje…

Leadership Public Schools: Oakland R&D Campus

November 28, 2012

With this new 9-12 school in Oakland, CA, Leadership Public Schools is expanding its role as “collaborative innovator,” working with teachers and students to design blended learning environ…

Generation Schools Network: West Generation Academy

November 28, 2012

This Denver public 6-12 school operated by Generation Schools Network, which opened in Fall 2012, redesigned the academic model to a rotational blended model for greater personalization, more t…