EDUCAUSE Quarterly Articles, Teaching and Learning, and Instructional Technologies

Technological skills and understanding how to employ Web 2.0 tools to successfully support pedagogy are vital for foreign language faculty today.

This is the entire issue of EDUCAUSE Quarterly Magazine, Volume 31, Number 1, 2008.

The senior academic technology officer provides leadership across instructional technology initiatives, yet few campuses have a SATO position in place.

A student peer-feedback tool enhances the educational quality of assignments without overburdening faculty or adding administrative costs.

Creating a culture of evidence tops the list of important issues as the academic technology profession moves to an “Instruction 2.0” world.

Frequent use of mobile devices does not mean that students or instructors are ready for mobile learning and teaching.

Funding IT reemerges as top challenge; Security and Identity/Access Management split as separate issues; Course/Learning Management Systems moves into the top ten.

Instructional technologists must challenge assumptions about their own goals and roles to promote a broader context for instructional improvement.

Formative evaluation strategies helped identify a solution to a learning dilemma.

In the edited collection, Interactive Learning: Vignettes from America's Most Wired Campuses, reviewed by Victoria L. Cross, vignettes from a variety of university settings are offered on the topic of incorporating technology into the classroom. The second review, on Designing for Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity, remarks on the book's discussion of usability and simplicity in creating Web sites and the importance of this for better serving the academic community.