TLTG Fundamental Questions Home Page

GAIN

Engage students critically & intellectually - and find ways to better assess the outcomes of students' learning (iterative, corrective)

Info Lit

Enhance, enrich, deeper experience

Increase in enrollment/
Accessibility (disabilities, life circumstances, geography)

Mentoring relationships between faculty

Knowledge about best practices (integrating library systems, IT, plans, ) to help make admin decisions

Form consortia to share faculty and resources with other colleges/universities/businesses

Create technology masters - able to use resources avail today -

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NOT LOSE

Personal Interactions - faculty-student-student-faculty-.....

Ability to look into students' eyes and see comprehension;  read non-verbal communication

Quality, relevance, and rigor of education

"My sanity" - instructors, administrators

Institutional identities

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AVOID

 Loss of 1-1 personal attention, motivating students

being left behind

being sabotaged by alums and faculty and boards who do NOT want to change

Turning out poor quality product - esp. online

Crisis with tech support

Tech being the driver for what we do/how we teach

Arbitrarily assigning faculty to teaching online - without prep.

Entertainment instead of education;  avoid superficial use of entertainment [OK to be entertaining and educationally effective!]

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SACRIFICE

Nothing

Giving up vertical org. - replacing with org promoting horizontal communication - focus on networks, teams, celebrating success

Building more buildings (instead, students can learn in their pajamas...)

Bureaucratic reporting

Bull pen lab

Time, pre-conceived notions of how to teach and how students learn (in order to serve students better)

Give up more local mentality to become more globally aware

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DANGEROUS DISCUSSIONS ISSUES

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Please send your questions or suggestions for improving our work together Steve Gilbert at: 
GILBERT@TLTGROUP.ORG

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  Reset at 0 6/12/2005

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