September 2007 — Policy/Advocacy
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Which Way, IT?
As demonstrated at the Campus Technology conference, higher ed is wrestling with this issue as well. No one denies the importance of either function—you must have an infrastructure to deliver information and instructional tools to students and teachers, and the infrastructure would be wasted to a large degree if it were not used by students and faculty in teaching and learning.The panel addressed a number of other issues during the session, including metrics for success, also known as assessment. All the panelists agreed that current approaches to measuring student success are significantly behind the technology, but that education at all levels cannot rely on nor be restricted by these limitations.
Another compelling discussion concerned how the term distance education soon will be dead as we realize all education should be distributed across time and place. This session, as well as others at the conference, provided significant meat for educators at both the K-12 and higher education levels. Give it a listen.
Geoffrey H. Fletcher is editorial director of T.H.E. Journal and executive director of T.H.E. Institute.
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