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.
After budget/funding issues, the second most pressing issue noted in our pedagogical issues discussion came from senate faculty concerned about the prospects of 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