EDUCAUSE Review Magazine, Volume 44, Number 3, May/June 2009

Published:
Thursday, May 28, 2009
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Why IT Matters to
Higher Education


Features

Apprehending the Future: Emerging Technologies, from Science Fiction to Campus Reality
Bryan Alexander
Deciding which technologies to support for teaching and learning—and how to support them—depends on our ability to learn about each emerging development, on our ability to apprehend the future as it applies to the world of higher education and information technology.
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A Web Game for Predicting Some Futures: Exploring the Wisdom of Crowds
Bryan Alexander

In early 2008, the National Institution for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE) organized a prediction market to explore gaming, emerging technologies, and the implications for learning and higher education.

 

Charting the Course and Tapping the Community: The EDUCAUSE Top Teaching and Learning Challenges 2009
Julie K. Little and Carie Page, with Kristen Betts, Stephanie Boone, Patrick Faverty, Tanya Joosten, Elizabeth A. Kiggins, Jessica Knott, Erin Long, Alana J. Mauger, Jeffrey McClurken, Maureen McCreadie, Nils Peterson, and Celeste M. Schwartz
The focus of the EDUCAUSE Challenges project is on collaborative knowledge-building: on engaging members of the higher education community not only to list the top teaching and learning issues but also to put the power of collective intelligence into action to address those challenges.
Faculty Development for the 21st Century
Veronica Diaz, P. B. Garrett, Edward R. Kinley, John F. Moore, Celeste Schwartz, and Pat Kohrman
In the 21st century, colleges and universities need to consider faculty development programs in the same way that they view academic programs for their Net Gen and Millennial students. Reaching out to and leveraging the talents of 21st century faculty members will require a varied menu of established and innovative support options.
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Three members of the EDUCAUSE Advisory Committee for Teaching and Learning (ACTL) discuss technology use by and IT support of 21st century faculty members, as well as other considerations for today's faculty development models.

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Departments

Leadership
The Leaky Pipeline: IT Can Help
Nancy L. Zimpher
E-Content
Cyberscholarship; or, "A Rose Is a Rose Is a . . ."
Geoffrey C. Bowker and Susan Leigh Star
PodcastIT
Information Literacy and IT Fluency
Sandy Schaeffer, Michael Fry, Barbara Draude, Gail Matthews-DeNatale
New Horizons
The Persistence of Writing
Thomas Burkdall
policy@edu
Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act:
A Chat with Terry Hartle
Anna Gould
Viewpoints
Opening up Learning:
From Spaces to Environments
EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Advisory Board
Homepage
A New Day Is Dawning
Richard N. Katz