Wisconsin Union Blend

With apologies to Letterman…

Top 10 Challenges of the Academic Community as identified by Veronica Diaz, John Campbell, and Dennis Trinkle. John and company wrote an article for the Educause Quarterly in which they provide more detail on these challenges.

The session was a packed house. Standing room only. Glenda Morgan from George Mason University introduces.

By the way, Glenda has the type of personality that can steal the show. Bright. Funny. She smiles, you smile.

Anyway, here’s the list:

1. Establishing and supporting a culture of evidence
2. Demonstrating improvement of learning
3. Translating learning research into practice
4. Selecting appropriate models and strategies for e-learning
5. Providing tools to meet growing student expectations
6. Providing professional development and support to new audiences
7. Sharing content, applications, and application development
8. Protecting institutional data
9. Addressing emerging ethical challenges
10. Understanding the evolving role of academic technologists

There were lots of good comments from the audience especially over concerns about accountability. I thought that the last point on understanding the role of academic technologists was most poignant. I can’t believe how much our group and other instructional technologists are woven into the day-t0-day practices and institutional missions of our campus. We’re constantly having conversations with people in the libraries, facilities, and administration about the role of technology on campus. One thing is for sure…we’re not bored.

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