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July, 2006

Organizing Support for Teaching and Learning
By Thomas Warger

Most college and university information technology organizations have a subunit designated to support teaching and learning. Their names, composition, and division of responsibility with the other components of IT support differ widely—more so than networks/servers or administrative database groups. Their size varies widely, even among institutions with comparable financial resources and overall staff size. On many campuses, the mission and makeup of this group are undergoing reassessment. Most of these organizations currently fall short of embracing actual teaching and learning as their goal. Instead, they are focused on services for a particular clientele (usually faculty) and stop short of participation in the primary work of the institution.

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