Learning+Environments+that+Engage+Today's+Learners

Discussion session - project in partnership with EDUCAUSE.

@http://www.educause.edu/wiki/TLChallenges09 and @http://www.tiny.cc/learningenviro (Learning Spaces). http://tlchallenges09.ning.com

Broke into 3 Groups Admin, Faculty, Students and discussed how each group can support the use and development of new learning environments in teaching and learning.

Admin-When trying to justify new training and development for using new and innovative learning environments
 * Does it meet the mission?
 * Can we prove it? We need to evaluate effectiveness
 * Encourage alternative funding
 * Cross disciplines

Faculty
 * Funding- for things like course release if needed.
 * Time
 * Highlight faculty pioneers
 * Faculty peer mentors
 * Faculty need different types of support which may dictate the use of different resource. (Just in time for trouble-shooting an obstacle I have just run into - example Lynda.com- this requires 24/7 support. Then support communities of practice focused on innovative pedagogical practices.
 * Tie innovative pedagogical practices to tenure and promotion
 * Brown bags that are run by peers with IT
 * Relate Learning Environment to Discipline specific domain
 * Make a research case for learning environments

Students
 * Need real-world assignments
 * Make assignments match the new literacies required in the workplace (both type and format)
 * Collaboration incentives
 * Don't force collaboration
 * Grading
 * Match assignments to discipline