The EDUCAUSE Top Teaching and Learning Challenges 2009

Join the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative to chart the top teaching and learning challenges in IT. Debate the list and join your colleagues in a new community effort to build solutions and just-in-time resources around the topics dominating administrative meetings and water-cooler conversations. It’s your chance to set the agenda and collaborate with colleagues around real solutions and innovative directions. Visit the project wiki to learn more, and then join the Challenges Ning Network to claim your place in this community project.

The Top Five Challenges are Revealed!

After months of spirited discussion, the EDUCAUSE community has identified their top five issues in teaching and learning with IT. Visit the project wiki to view the final list and then prepare to roll up your sleeves as the project moves from identifying the top challenges to building content around them.

Make sure that you stay "in the know" by becoming a member of the Challenges Ning Network and lend your voice by volunteering for your project role. "Role calls" will begin in January with all the lead volunteers.

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Explore the process

The Top Teaching and Learning Challenges project is a new community effort to surface and synthesize trends in higher education. Roll your mouse over the project elements to learn more about each phase of this innovative process.

Project Highlights

Challenges Ning Network

Join the Challenges Ning Network starting September 2008 to connect with project updates and fellow collaborators. As the project progresses, this virtual hub houses workgroups for each of the identified challenges.

Community Project Wiki

The project’s collaborative workspace launches September 2008 with a broad scan of teaching and learning challenges identified through focus groups. As the project progresses, this initial wiki morphs into individual workspaces and bibliographies for each challenge identified through the community vote.

Teaching and Learning Community Brainstorming Survey

Beginning October 1, 2008, weigh in with your top challenges and step up to serve as a content creator and community collaborator. The online survey remains open through October 31.

EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference On-Site Brainstorming

Attend one of two interactive sessions (October 29, 10:30–11:20 a.m. and October 30, 2:20–3:10 p.m.) to hear from community leaders, join the community process, volunteer for roles, and throw your ideas on the table during the live wiki editing.

Community Vote

December 6–18 select your top-five challenges from the community-generated list.

Top-Five Challenges Posted in the Community Wiki

After five months of community-wide input, the EDUCAUSE Top Teaching and Learning Challenges 2009 post in the wiki and branch off into individual workspaces and bibliographies for each challenge.

EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference

Community members launch the first in a series of discussion sessions to focus on solution-building around the top challenges. Sessions are planned for each EDUCAUSE 2009 regional conference.

ELI 2009 Annual Meeting

Collaborative learning circles, Snap and Think stops, and ELI in Conversation podcasts focus on each of the top challenges.

Key Roles

Community Member
Any EDUCAUSE member with an interest in teaching and learning can join the process. Community members can generate and share wiki content, join a challenges workgroup, or simply search for solutions in the community wiki. To stay up to date, join the Challenges Ning Network and adjust your e-mail settings to receive community alerts.
Community Builder
The Challenges Ning Network serves as a communications hub; the wiki is the project’s online workspace. But the project will need “community builders” to recruit new volunteers, spread the word, and maintain community momentum.
Workspace Manager
As the top-five challenges are identified, the initial project wikibranches to create resource pages for each challenge. Workspace managers organize, filter, and leverage community members to research and generate content for these dynamic bibliography pages. They also serve as administrators and discussion facilitators for the Challenges Ning Network groups.
Discussion Facilitator
Facilitators help lead discussion and solution-building sessions at each of the EDUCAUSE regional conferences.
Community Content Agent
These lead project collaborators serve as content researchers and scribes for EDUCAUSE regional conference discussion sessions; populate the wiki with information gathered at EDUCAUSE events; and scan their own campuses for resources to share and best practices to highlight.
Community Process Researcher
The challenges process itself is an experiment in community interaction and engagement. Researchers maintain a bird’s-eye view of the process as it unfolds, reflecting on participant engagement through observations and critical feedback.

If you’re interested in taking a project role, contact ELI Interim Director Julie K. Little at jlittle@educause.edu or ELI Program Coordinator Carie Page at cpage@educause.edu.

Get the background

During Summer 2008, the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative sat down with focus groups within the EDUCAUSE teaching and learning community to talk about “challenges”—those big issues dominating campus conversations across the country. EDUCAUSE wanted to know:

In the next two to three years, what big challenges face teaching and learning with IT?
Do they vary based on geography or institutional classification?
Who’s building solutions?

What emerged, in addition to a long list of challenges, was an underlying desire to do more than simply list the big issues—to create a dynamic collection of resources and ideas, to share case studies that showcase innovative answers, and to establish a network of peers willing to talk about their institutions and problem-solve as a community.

The Top Teaching and Learning Challenges project is a community effort to both surface issues and to aggregate resources that can help to address them. Through online brainstorming, face-to-face sessions at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, and an EDUCAUSE-wide community vote, participants will identify the top-five issues in teaching and learning with technology. With the list in hand, the community will begin building content around each challenge, creating dynamic resource pages in wikis within EDUCAUSE Connect, and through collaborative working groups on the Challenges Ning Network. Adding to the readings and resources, community members will also be asked to contribute new content by drafting case study "community solutions" or creating podcasts and videos to illustrate solutions from their own campuses.

In addition to these tangible products and resources, the project will focus on community building—creating connections between EDUCAUSE members and facilitating conversations among campuses. Through discussion sessions at EDUCAUSE regional conferences and learning circles at the ELI Annual Meeting, the dialogue continues. In the spring, EDUCAUSE will host special, Issues in Focus webinars that invite higher education associations from across the spectrum to weigh in with their perspectives.

This is your chance to set the agenda and collaborate with colleagues around real solutions and innovative directions. Visit the Challenges Ning Network and claim your place in the project.

EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative The EDUCAUSE Top Teaching and Learning Challenges 2009 Learners Learning Principles and Practices Learning Technologies ELI Resources ELI Events Membership About ELI What Would You Like to Do?		The EDUCAUSE Top Teaching and Learning Challenges 2009 Join the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative to chart the top teaching and learning challenges in IT. Debate the list and join your colleagues in a new community effort to build solutions and just-in-time resources around the topics dominating administrative meetings and water-cooler conversations. It’s your chance to set the agenda and collaborate with colleagues around real solutions and innovative directions. Visit the project wiki to learn more, and then join the Challenges Ning Network to claim your place in this community project. The Top Five Challenges are Revealed! After months of spirited discussion, the EDUCAUSE community has identified their top five issues in teaching and learning with IT. Visit the project wiki to view the final list and then prepare to roll up your sleeves as the project moves from identifying the top challenges to building content around them. Make sure that you stay "in the know" by becoming a member of the Challenges Ning Network and lend your voice by volunteering for your project role. "Role calls" will begin in January with all the lead volunteers. Recent Blog Posts Community names “Top Teaching and Learning Challenges, 2009” The votes are in! Final vote begins today! Keep up with the brainstorming... Community brainstorming begins today! View All Subscribe Explore the process The Top Teaching and Learning Challenges project is a new community effort to surface and synthesize trends in higher education. Roll your mouse over the project elements to learn more about each phase of this innovative process. Project Highlights Challenges Ning Network Join the Challenges Ning Network starting September 2008 to connect with project updates and fellow collaborators. As the project progresses, this virtual hub houses workgroups for each of the identified challenges. Community Project Wiki The project’s collaborative workspace launches September 2008 with a broad scan of teaching and learning challenges identified through focus groups. As the project progresses, this initial wiki morphs into individual workspaces and bibliographies for each challenge identified through the community vote. Teaching and Learning Community Brainstorming Survey Beginning October 1, 2008, weigh in with your top challenges and step up to serve as a content creator and community collaborator. The online survey remains open through October 31. EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference On-Site Brainstorming Attend one of two interactive sessions (October 29, 10:30–11:20 a.m. and October 30, 2:20–3:10 p.m.) to hear from community leaders, join the community process, volunteer for roles, and throw your ideas on the table during the live wiki editing. Community Vote December 6–18 select your top-five challenges from the community-generated list. Top-Five Challenges Posted in the Community Wiki After five months of community-wide input, the EDUCAUSE Top Teaching and Learning Challenges 2009 post in the wiki and branch off into individual workspaces and bibliographies for each challenge. EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference Community members launch the first in a series of discussion sessions to focus on solution-building around the top challenges. Sessions are planned for each EDUCAUSE 2009 regional conference. ELI 2009 Annual Meeting Collaborative learning circles, Snap and Think stops, and ELI in Conversation podcasts focus on each of the top challenges. Key Roles Community Member Any EDUCAUSE member with an interest in teaching and learning can join the process. Community members can generate and share wiki content, join a challenges workgroup, or simply search for solutions in the community wiki. To stay up to date, join the Challenges Ning Network and adjust your e-mail settings to receive community alerts. Community Builder The Challenges Ning Network serves as a communications hub; the wiki is the project’s online workspace. But the project will need “community builders” to recruit new volunteers, spread the word, and maintain community momentum. Workspace Manager As the top-five challenges are identified, the initial project wikibranches to create resource pages for each challenge. Workspace managers organize, filter, and leverage community members to research and generate content for these dynamic bibliography pages. They also serve as administrators and discussion facilitators for the Challenges Ning Network groups. Discussion Facilitator Facilitators help lead discussion and solution-building sessions at each of the EDUCAUSE regional conferences. Community Content Agent These lead project collaborators serve as content researchers and scribes for EDUCAUSE regional conference discussion sessions; populate the wiki with information gathered at EDUCAUSE events; and scan their own campuses for resources to share and best practices to highlight. Community Process Researcher The challenges process itself is an experiment in community interaction and engagement. Researchers maintain a bird’s-eye view of the process as it unfolds, reflecting on participant engagement through observations and critical feedback. If you’re interested in taking a project role, contact ELI Interim Director Julie K. Little at jlittle@educause.edu or ELI Program Coordinator Carie Page at cpage@educause.edu. Get the background During Summer 2008, the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative sat down with focus groups within the EDUCAUSE teaching and learning community to talk about “challenges”—those big issues dominating campus conversations across the country. EDUCAUSE wanted to know: In the next two to three years, what big challenges face teaching and learning with IT? Do they vary based on geography or institutional classification? Who’s building solutions? What emerged, in addition to a long list of challenges, was an underlying desire to do more than simply list the big issues—to create a dynamic collection of resources and ideas, to share case studies that showcase innovative answers, and to establish a network of peers willing to talk about their institutions and problem-solve as a community. The Top Teaching and Learning Challenges project is a community effort to both surface issues and to aggregate resources that can help to address them. Through online brainstorming, face-to-face sessions at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, and an EDUCAUSE-wide community vote, participants will identify the top-five issues in teaching and learning with technology. With the list in hand, the community will begin building content around each challenge, creating dynamic resource pages in wikis within EDUCAUSE Connect, and through collaborative working groups on the Challenges Ning Network. Adding to the readings and resources, community members will also be asked to contribute new content by drafting case study "community solutions" or creating podcasts and videos to illustrate solutions from their own campuses. In addition to these tangible products and resources, the project will focus on community building—creating connections between EDUCAUSE members and facilitating conversations among campuses. Through discussion sessions at EDUCAUSE regional conferences and learning circles at the ELI Annual Meeting, the dialogue continues. In the spring, EDUCAUSE will host special, Issues in Focus webinars that invite higher education associations from across the spectrum to weigh in with their perspectives. This is your chance to set the agenda and collaborate with colleagues around real solutions and innovative directions. Visit the Challenges Ning Network and claim your place in the project.
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