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The strategic use of information technology has the ability to transform teaching and learning helping institutions realize EDUCAUSE’s mission of "transforming education through information technologies." All institutions have made educating learners a critical priority. Technology is a means, not an end, toward that goal.

EDUCAUSE focuses on understanding learners, aligning learning principles and practices together and integrating learning technology—all with the goal of improving student success. EDUCAUSE members also benefit from tools and techniques that enable them to deliver high quality academic programs and support services in a flexible manner. The strategic use of information technology can enhance student engagement, improve access, and make services more convenient. As IT is integrated into the academic enterprise, a number of other issues are raised such as financing, policies, faculty involvement, and assessment.

We encourage you to explore EDUCAUSE’s resources on teaching and learning. These include the work of our members as well as material contributed from EDUCAUSE's strategic initiative, the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. We hope you will find the material of use and encourage you to contribute to future EDUCAUSE activities in teaching and learning.

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Many Cooks May Sweeten the Broth: A Collaborative Approach to Online Faculty Training, Support, and Development: January 1, 2004

This presentation will offer a retrospective of a large-scale deployment of faculty training, support, and professional development. Strategies for moving from preparing to teach online to advanced…
How to Effectively Assess Student Learning Outcomes in Online and/or Hybrid Courses: January 1, 2002

This roundtable session will explore and discuss experiences with various metrics that can be used in the assessment process. Examples will include attrition rates, grade point average, and the use…
Supporting Distant Students: Challenges and Solutions - Current Issues Roundtable: January 1, 2001

Creating course content for the distant student is only the beginning of the job. How do we provide academic and administrative support to students who are removed in time, or space, or both? What …
A Holistic Approach to Distance Education: January 1, 2001

Successfully addressing the needs of distance learners means adopting a holistic approach to distance education. The Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning at Virginia Tech employs a holis…
Supporting Distributed and Distance Learning Faculty: January 1, 2001

James Madison University employs several methods to support distance and distributed learning faculty including workshops, information sessions, online tutorials, and instructional house calls. Wor…
Targeting Transformation: Taking the Big Step in Teaching and Learning with Technology: January 1, 2001

What can technology really do to significantly impact teaching and learning? Panelists involved in different stages of planning, organizing, implementing, and assessing programs aimed at major, sys…
I Can't Define a Great Online Course but I Know When I See One: Lessons To Date: January 1, 2000

We can now construct a "collective wisdom" from early pioneers' hundreds of successes and failures with online courses-for example, frequent and immediate assessment feedback, freque…
Measuring the Effectiveness of Distance Education: January 1, 2000

How can we determine the quality of distance-delivered instruction? Unfortunately, a popular approach is to compare achievement between campus-based and distance courses. This session will explain …
Who Is the Online Student?: January 1, 2000

Thousands of students enroll in online courses every year. Who are these students? What factors contribute to their academic success and persistence? What are the relationships between students…
MERLOT: A National Teaching and Learning Network for Faculty: January 1, 2000

MERLOT, an organization of twenty-three higher education systems, consortia, and institutions, provides digital learning materials to faculty using the Web for teaching. An overview of the organiza…