Finding Your Ed Tech Soulmate: Matchmaking Tips from Instructional Technology

Learn how Wheaton College's 2015 LMS evaluation resulted in a unique vendor relationship with Schoology that focuses not only on improving teaching and learning campus-wide but also on advancing the college's strategic priorities, from improving retention to increasing engagement and better serving the needs of an increasingly adult and distance learner population.

Outcomes: Learn the many ways in which colleges and universities can partner with vendors beyond standard technology integration to successfully meet institutional goals * Identify strategies for developing evaluation criteria and processes that assess cultural and strategic alignment of technology vendors * Discover how a close customer-vendor partnership can benefit the institution across multiple realms, including academic, technological, and financial