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Teaching and Learning
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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Overcoming Hurdles to Social Media in Education
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April 1, 2013
Key Takeaways According to a recent study, 100 percent of colleges and universities surveyed use social media , but instructors use it far less for teaching than they do for per…
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I'm Not Your Friend: Social Networking in University Classes
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July 18, 2012
Nicol Howard is Adjunct Faculty and a PhD Candidate at Chapman University. Key Takeaways What happens when an instructor implements social networking in undergradua…
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Twitter, Wordle, and ChimeIn as Student Response Pedagogies
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March 29, 2011
Key Takeaways An internal grant allowed two instructors at the University of Minnesota to address design challenges in their Medieval Cities of Europe course. Of particular concern …
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Twitter in Higher Education 2010: Usage Habits and Trends of Today’s College Faculty
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October 5, 2010
The 2010 Faculty Focus survey of nearly 1,400 higher education professionals found that more than a third (35.2 percent) of the 1,372 respondents who completed the survey in July-August 2010 …
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A Dialogue for Engagement
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October 7, 2010
© 2010 Malcolm Brown, Mark Auslander, Kelly Gredone, David Green, Bruce Hull, and Walt Jacobs. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs …
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Hotseat: Opening the Backchannel in Large Lectures
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September 22, 2010
Key Takeaways Despite their flaws as teaching and learning environments, large lectures remain a standard teaching approach because of their relatively low cost, ease of preparation, and lo…
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EDUCAUSE Quarterly Magazine, Volume 33, Number 3, 2010
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September 22, 2010
Reflections on Play, Pedagogy, and World of Wa…
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If You Twitter, Will They Come?
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June 24, 2010
Key Takeaways Despite the widespread popularity of online social networking services such as Facebook and Twitter, many students exhibit a reluctance to include faculty in their social netw…
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7 Things You Should Know About Backchannel Communication
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February 9, 2010
Backchannel communication is a secondary conversation that takes place at the same time as a conference session, lecture, or instructor-led learning activity. This might involve students using a …
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Text Generation
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January 8, 2010
Will the decision of many college libraries to encourage students to text queries from their phones cheapen the research process, or rescue it? …
