EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative
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EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative
http://www.educause.edu/eli
Mission
Advancing learning through IT innovation
ELI Foci
Learning Principles &
Practices
Learning Technologies
Learners
Audiences
• CIOs
• Academic officers
• Librarians
• Faculty
• Instructional technologists
• Others interested in the intersection of learning and technology
Value Proposition
Institutional value
Awareness Enablement Integration
Learners
Educating the Net Generation
• Explores the current generation of learners
• Implications for colleges and universities
• 3 chapters by students
• Available online at no charge
Student – Faculty Survey
• Tool in beta-test
• Available to members
• Survey and focus group guide
• Share data with ELI
Student Blogs
• Learn what students think about technology
• Understand how they would prefer to learn
• Explore what makes college valuable to students
Learning Principles and Practices
Learning Space Design
• Explore how space can be used to encourage student engagement and success
– improve the “connect time” for commuting students
– use informal spaces to encourage learning
Innovations & Implementations
• Practices that improve teaching and learning
– What is it?
– What problem does it solve?
– How did they do it?
– Why is it noteworthy?
ELI Web Seminars
• Monthly online seminars with a range of experts
• Participate live or listen to an archive of the session
• Examples:– Visual literacy– Student success– Informal learning– Adult learners
Podcasts
• Explore topics using audio rather than text
• Interviews of experts
• Recordings of presentations and discussions
Explorations
• Explore emerging topics
• Review what others think
• Contribute your thoughts to the discussion
Learning Technologies
7 Things You Should Know…
• Monthly summary of an emerging learning technology
• Many drawn from student activities
• Explores the significance of the technology to teaching and learning
White Papers
• E-portfolios in higher education– Overview– Institutional e-Portfolios– Assessing student
learning
• Learn about effective practices and implementation issues
Join Us
Professional Development
• ELI Annual Meeting (January 29-31, 2006)
• ELI Focus Sessions – March 2006: Virtual
Learning Spaces– September 2006:
e-Portfolios
• ELI Web Seminars (monthly)
ELI Web Site
Membership
• 2 membership levels– Full ($5000)– Associate ($3500)
• Benefits– Access to conferences at no
additional charge– Use of ELI-exclusive tools– Participation in ELI Web Seminars – Connection to the ELI community