Whether it's sitting down with colleagues to tune into EDUCAUSE Live! or organizing a department-wide event around an online focus session or virtual symposium, EDUCAUSE events are designed to help you and your colleagues connect with one another and some of the best thinking in Higher Education IT. This Campus Facilitator kit, designed by the EDUCAUSE Professional Development Committee, is here to help you in that effort. Below, you'll find the resources you need to tranform EDUCAUSE content and events into engaging, thought-provoking events on your own campus. From discussion questions to jumpstart the conversation to reflection guides to capture "Aha!" moments along the way, we encourage you to mold and transform these documents to fit your campus and your needs.
As you develop your own ideas for facilitating team interaction, please add them to the wiki. You must have an EDUCAUSE profile to begin editing.
General Materials
- Discussion Facilitation Guide: A list of tips and strategies for facilitating discussion on campus, including ideas for setting the room for conversation and capturing content on the fly. Download the guide.
- Reflection Worksheets: Print and distribute these worksheets to attendees to encourage them to record key ideas as the event unfolds. Download the worksheet.
- Event Planning Checklist: Use this worksheet to ensure you've considered all the requirements for hosting an on-site event, from securing the space and technology to considering promotional materials and food. Download the checklist.
- Event Evaluation: Gather feedback from attendees and learn more about their needs using these questions for post-event evaluation. Download the questions.
Event-Specific Materials
Throwing Open The Doors: Strategies for Open Access, EDUCAUSE Live!, October 23, 2009. Download the entire kit.
- Activity Guide: An overview of the materials providing, including tips and timelines for coordinating your campus activities. Download the guide.
- Email Invitation Templates: Suggested text for promoting the event on campus. Download the text.
- Suggested Resources: An annotated bibliography of presession resources related to Open Access. Download the list.
- Discussion Questions: Jumpstart the dialogue on campus using these suggested discussion questions. Download the list.
- Continuing the Conversation: Suggestions for continuing the discussion around Open Access on your campus and suggested activities. Download the resource.
EDUCAUSE 2009 Online, Nov. 4-6, 2009.
- Getting Ready Checklist: Make sure that your team is prepared to log in by working through this checklist. We recommend completing by Nov. 1. Download the checklist.
- Presession Webcast: Watch this archive of a presession "Meet and Greet" with Diana Oblinger to learn the basics about how to participate in the online conference. Watch the recording.
- Background: Dig deeper into the top-ten issues that IT leaders identified as the most important for their institutions to resolve for strategic success. Read the article in the EDUCAUSE Review or view the reading list.
- Email Invitation Template: Spread the word on campus and recruit team members using this email template. Download the text.
- Interaction Tips: Prepare your team for discussion and interaction using these tips. Download the resource.
- Continuing the Conversation: Suggestions for moving ideas into action. Download the worksheet.
- "Funding IT" Discussion Questions: In preparation for Wednesday's 3 p.m. session on, "Funding IT," speakers Reagan Ramhowser and Bruce Maas have prepared a list of questions to begin generating discussion and reflection.Teams and participants are encouraged to download the list and note any questions that are especially pertinent for their campus. (This feedback will be used to frame the discussion.) Teams can also consider these questions for discussion before, during, and after the session. Download the questions.
