Seeking Evidence of Impact
Too often in education we have a sense that something is working (or not working) but it's difficult for us to produce the evidence that some practice or piece of technology is the reason.
The Seeking Evidence of Impact Initiative that is part of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) is an ambitious new initiative intended to bring the teaching and learning community into a collective discussion about ways of gathering evidence of the impact of innovations and current practices.
Called Seeking Evidence of Impact (SEI), this new effort will draw faculty, IT professionals, librarians, students, and research experts into a collective exploration of ways to measure the impact of innovations in teaching and learning.
The goal of the initiative is to identify current effective practices and discover new ones—as well as to provide models of evidence-based practice in teaching and learning in higher education.
With many options and constrained budgets, faculty and administrators must make careful decisions about what practices to adopt and about where to invest their time, effort, and fiscal resources.
Unfortunately, many of us will admit that the information available about the impact of these innovations is often scarce, uneven, or both. What evidence do we have that these changes and innovation are having the impact we hope for? What are the current effective practices that would enable us to collect that evidence?
With the advent of Web 2.0, the themes of collaboration, participation, and openness have greatly changed the teaching and learning landscape. In light of these changes, what new methods for collecting evidence of impact might need to be developed?
Established practices and good data have made inroads in these areas. Often, however, they are scattered, disconnected, and at times in competition, making it challenging for the teaching and learning community to discover and compare their merits.
The SEI program will consist of a variety of events, meetings, workshops, and publications over the next 18 months united around the theme of "seeking evidence of impact" demonstrated by our new practices and technologies.
The Seeking Evidence of Impact Initiative that is part of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) is an ambitious new initiative intended to bring the teaching and learning community into a collective discussion about ways of gathering evidence of the impact of innovations and current practices.
Called Seeking Evidence of Impact (SEI), this new effort will draw faculty, IT professionals, librarians, students, and research experts into a collective exploration of ways to measure the impact of innovations in teaching and learning.
The goal of the initiative is to identify current effective practices and discover new ones—as well as to provide models of evidence-based practice in teaching and learning in higher education.
With many options and constrained budgets, faculty and administrators must make careful decisions about what practices to adopt and about where to invest their time, effort, and fiscal resources.
Unfortunately, many of us will admit that the information available about the impact of these innovations is often scarce, uneven, or both. What evidence do we have that these changes and innovation are having the impact we hope for? What are the current effective practices that would enable us to collect that evidence?
With the advent of Web 2.0, the themes of collaboration, participation, and openness have greatly changed the teaching and learning landscape. In light of these changes, what new methods for collecting evidence of impact might need to be developed?
Established practices and good data have made inroads in these areas. Often, however, they are scattered, disconnected, and at times in competition, making it challenging for the teaching and learning community to discover and compare their merits.
The SEI program will consist of a variety of events, meetings, workshops, and publications over the next 18 months united around the theme of "seeking evidence of impact" demonstrated by our new practices and technologies.
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