Institutional+&+Organizational+Commitment

**Leads:** Dave C and Marcus

MAKE THIS PART OF THE INTRO ... consolidate key ideas

**Definition

Philosophical Statement** Development of eLearning courses should be equally weighted as any other curriculum development / delivery.


 * Best Practices

Resources**
 * Making eLearning part of the strategic planning
 * P&T processes
 * David Wicks: If we want to encourage eLearning we have to recognize it takes a lot of time. Time that faculty could be spending writing journal articles rather than digital pedagogy.
 * Senior level support and leadership - faculty leadership and admin
 * faculty professional development
 * technology selection and integration with existing systems
 * funding eLearning delivery ... part of load? overload? Is it core to the institution - or is it extended learning / cont ed?
 * Any new educational innovation requires additional resources up front and ongoing -- until the innovation flattens out and becomes part of the norm.
 * Tech changes constantly - our learning environments need to have the flexibility to take advantage of those changes.


 * SLOAN report**

What reflects that commitment is doing the work in all of the sections in this report...

JW Harrington: Yes, Cable -- that emphasis on the integration of e-learning into all practices and therefore into all systems, is key

JW Harrington: I totally agree in one way, Cable -- that no one should focus on e-learning for its own sake; rather, to improve the pedagogy and access that we're all aiming for

JW Harrington: Agreed, John. In general, the report intro should note how integrated e-learning is to everything done in higher ed (and needs to be integral to workforce ed). Thus, it needs to be seen as one of the routes to pedagogy -- in the design of infrastructure, curric, tenure and promotion, staffing. etc.

David Wicks: Some would argue that digital scholarship is more time consuming and should be given more weight to encourage professors to participate.