At the request of ITLC, key administrators and thought leaders across the campuses were asked to identify 3-4 challenges and opportunities facing each campus with respect to teaching and learning. The intent was to not focus so directly on the technologies deployed but, instead, to broaden the conversation and establish lines of communication.
The most common issues of faculty workload, insufficient faculty support, and funding to meet instructional technology needs, stem primarily from a general lack of funding for support for teaching and learning, whether pedagogical in nature or for educational technologies. For a number of campuses, this lack of funding has been, at least in part, historical in nature and now has been exacerbated further by the current budget situation.
After budget/funding issues, the second highest issue is concerns on the part of senate faculty regarding online courses.
Finally, the following group of issues are tied in third place and are each listed by five campuses :
- Time to Degree
- Lack of assessment of learning outcomes, and general evaluation
- Lack of rewards to faculty for teaching excellence