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On many UNC campuses, “early adopters” among the faculty are already
experimenting with new methods of teaching and learning with technology (TLT).
However, much greater support, primarily at the campus level, is needed to achieve
widespread use of IT in teaching and learning.
 The IT Strategy Steering Committee emphasized that technology must be used to
enhance the capabilities of faculty, not to distract or displace them from their role as
educators.
One challenge is finding ways for faculty throughout the system to benefit from
the knowledge and insights being gained by those who have taken the lead in utilizing IT.
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Recommendations
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The IT Strategy calls for creating a collaborative network of services to provide
TLT support for UNC faculty and students. The network would have three components:
campus activities, collaborative initiatives, and leadership activities.
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Campus Activities
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Strengthen or establish TLT Centers on each campus to provide integrated faculty
support.
Enhance faculty and student support for TLT by increasing services over the next five
years.
Equip a development lab on each campus so faculty can experiment with and learn
about technology.
Create campus-based TLT grant programs to support faculty efforts to adopt new
technologies.
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Create a TLT Collaborative organization (with all UNC campuses welcome to join) to
facilitate development, exchange and storage of system-wide TLT knowledge.
Establish fellowships to allow faculty to conduct research-and-development activities
on TLT.
Develop a web site for sharing knowledge on TLT developments. (Suggested name:
UNC PORTAL, an acronym for UNC Professors’ Online Resources for Teaching and
Learning)
Create a system-wide collaborative grant program to support multi-campus faculty
efforts to adopt teaching and learning technologies.
Initiate a series of workshops and symposia for faculty development on TLT.
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One of the many benefits:Collaborative initiatives attract more attention and funding
from federal and private sources that wish to expand the reach and effectiveness of TLT
more rapidly.
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October 1999
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