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