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Institutional and Team Issues

This document explores the collaborative efforts among institutions to improve teaching and learning through technology, assessment, and systemic changes. It outlines the need for institutional commitment, stakeholder involvement, and effective planning in transformative projects. Key attributes of successful institutional teams are discussed, emphasizing the importance of shared missions, diverse perspectives, and dedicated resources. Strategies for stakeholder engagement, assessment planning, and fostering effective learning communities are also highlighted, aiming for overall effectiveness in educational practices.

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Institutional and Team Issues

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  1. Institutional and Team Issues

  2. CNI • Collaborations among sectors involved in activities related to use of Internet in research and education • Institutional team-based projects • New Learning Communities • Assessment in the Networked Environment • Institution-wide Information Strategies

  3. TAP Institutions Need To: • Have a commitment to the improvement of teaching and learning • Have a systemic focus on change • Have a specific campus focus(s) for change • Involve technology in the transformation • Integrate assessment into the planning of transformation of T&L

  4. Institutional Support • Top level support for: • Mission of transformation • Commitment of resources • Commitment to act on knowledge gained through assessment

  5. External pressure for accountability Major investments in technology Desire to improve overall effectiveness of T&L Suspicion of assessment Lack of resources for assessment Interest in narrow or incremental improvements Environmental Factors Promoting TAP Hindering TAP

  6. 1: “Name that change” • What is important in your institution? • Uncover institutional documents that can be used to develop a framework for assessment • Focus on transformative goals related to teaching and learning

  7. 2: Plan your assessment • Identify the stakeholders • Determine the audience for assessment activities • Inventory institutional capacity, such as “READY”

  8. 2 (cont): Plan your assessment • Consider institutional culture • Determine key indicators • Prioritize activities • Identify methodologies • Develop an implementation plan • Stay flexible

  9. Key attributes of a successful plan • Realistic • Resourced U. Central Florida

  10. Institutional TAP Teams • Team charge should come from upper levels of administration • Team members should be drawn from stakeholder groups • Teams should include someone with genuine assessment expertise

  11. Team Participants • Faculty • Institutional Research • Assessment/Evaluation Offices • Department/College of Education • Center for Teaching Excellence • Instructional Technology • Library • IT

  12. Successful teams • Develop a common mission and shared meaning • Find value in contribution of unique skills and perspectives of various sectors • Share vocabularies

  13. Successful teams • Develop a working style • Discuss team process • Make time for team work

  14. Team strategies • Go through READY as a team • Take the online course as a team (ASU West)

  15. We Need Your Involvement • Take the READY assessment branch • Critique the TAP Rubric • Contribute case studies • Help plan or host additional workshops (June 2003 with AAHE)

  16. TAP Website http://team.educause.edu/tap READY http://www.educause.edu/ready Questions? vsuter@educause.edu Rubric Critique browng@wsu.edu

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