Institutional and Team Issues
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
Environmental Factors
• 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
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/tapREADY
http://www.educause.edu/ready Questions?
[email protected] Critique