The more I thought about it, the better it seemed to share with all the faculty.... Here goes, folks! Begin forwarded message:

From: colleen cool <colleen.cool@gmail.com> Date: February 24, 2014 6:33:33 PM EST To: Ping Li <pingli510@gmail.com> Cc: Claudia Perry <c2perry@nyc.rr.com>, Kwong-Bor Ng <kwongbor@gmail.com>, Mary K Chelton <mchelton@optonline.net>, "Harry.Kibirige" <harry.kibirige@qc.cuny.edu>, James Marcum <James.marcum@qc.cuny.edu>, Jacqueline Quinn <jacquelinefquinn@gmail.com>, Deborah Kinirons <dkinirons@msn.com> Subject: Re: EDUCAUSE 2013--Top Ten IT Issues--See #2 Assessment

Great stuff here! Someone please save this and follow up!

Colleen

On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 6:30 PM, Ping Li <pingli510@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Claudia,

Thank you!

Have a nice evening!

Best regards, Ping

On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 6:27 PM, Claudia Perry <c2perry@nyc.rr.com> wrote: Hi guys,

Every year EDUCAUSE (whose mission is to deal with technology in Higher Ed), publishes a Top Ten Issues list.

I just ran across a list of selected resources to provide support.

In light of our two committees' emphases on Curr/Ed Tech and Assessment I thought these might be of interest.

Claudia

See Resources for Issue #2: Improving student outcomes through an approach that leverages technology

Issue #2: Improving student outcomes through an approach that leverages technology National Center for Academic Transformation Degree Compass: A Course Recommendation System, EDUCAUSE Review Online, September 4, 2013 ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2013. The 2013 study surveyed over 112,000 students from 250 institutions. The Connected Learning Environment, July 2013. This EDUCAUSE brief describes three hallmark characteristics of connected learning and provides several examples that illustrate each characteristic. Horizon Report: 2013 Higher Education Edition. Produced by ELI and NMC each year, the Horizon Report describes six areas of emerging technology that will have significant impact on higher education and creative expression over the next one to five years. Pew Internet & American Life Project: Education Instructional Technology Council: Annual Distance Education Survey Results The Sloan Consortium: Online Education in the United States "Framing Mobile Initiatives to Measure Impact," ELI Brief, October 2012. This paper presents a set of frameworks to begin identifying and deconstructing the components we might measure in mobile learning initiatives. "Increasing Student Success: Evaluating the Effectiveness of U-Pace Instruction at UWM," ELI SEI Case Study, September 2012. This paper examines whether U-Pace works, why it works, and for whom it works. Research was designed to test the U-Pace method against conventionally taught courses, in both face-to-face and online settings. "Technology Enhancement Tools in an Undergraduate Biology Course," EDUCAUSE Review Online, December 2012. This single-class study sought to evaluate technology-enhanced student engagement by comparing the experiences of students using only an e-textbook with the experiences of those using only a standard textbook. 8 Lessons Learned from Teaching Online, EDUCAUSE Review Online, May 2013. This video list of insights comes from experts in the field of online teaching. Library Topic Primers Blended Learning, Learning Analytics, Open Educational Resources (OER), Student Retention, Student Success, Teaching with Technology

-- Colleen Cool, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Graduate School of Library & Information Studies Queens College, City University of New York Flushing, N.Y. 11367 Phone: 718 997-3790 email: ccool@qc.edu; colleen.cool@gmail.com