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This guide outlines the essential strategies for fostering institutional and team collaboration aimed at improving teaching and learning through effective use of the Internet in research and education. It emphasizes the need for commitment to transformation, engaging stakeholders, planning assessments, and utilizing technology to drive systemic change. Key attributes for successful teams include developing a common mission, valuing diverse perspectives, and maintaining a flexible approach to implementation. This collaborative effort will help institutions focus on transformative goals and enhance overall effectiveness.
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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
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
Institutional Support • Top level support for: • Mission of transformation • Commitment of resources • Commitment to act on knowledge gained through assessment
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
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
2: Plan your assessment • Identify the stakeholders • Determine the audience for assessment activities • Inventory institutional capacity, such as “READY”
2 (cont): Plan your assessment • Consider institutional culture • Determine key indicators • Prioritize activities • Identify methodologies • Develop an implementation plan • Stay flexible
Key attributes of a successful plan • Realistic • Resourced U. Central Florida
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
Team Participants • Faculty • Institutional Research • Assessment/Evaluation Offices • Department/College of Education • Center for Teaching Excellence • Instructional Technology • Library • IT
Successful teams • Develop a common mission and shared meaning • Find value in contribution of unique skills and perspectives of various sectors • Share vocabularies
Successful teams • Develop a working style • Discuss team process • Make time for team work
Team strategies • Go through READY as a team • Take the online course as a team (ASU West)
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)
TAP Website http://team.educause.edu/tap READY http://www.educause.edu/ready Questions? vsuter@educause.edu Rubric Critique browng@wsu.edu