Community Meet-Ups

Join different EDUCAUSE Community Groups to share your ideas and expertise, find solutions to pressing issues you're facing, and explore common interests with your colleagues. Please see below. 

Wednesday, May 19, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. ET: Student Success Analytics Practitioners Community Group: Join the Student Success Analytics Community Group (SSA CG) as we host a community discussion focusing on student success analytics. Some pressing issues the SSA CG has grappled with over the past year will be discussed. Come share your experience, expertise, and perspective as we set our course for 2021. This session is open to everyone interested in student success analytics. 

Wednesday, May 19, 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. ET: Learning Space Design Community Group Session: Join our discussion on all topics related to learning spaces, from what makes a physical space conducive to learning to the principles/processes of effective learning space design. Share ideas/experiences on how formal/informal spaces impact teaching practices, learning activities, student interactions, and campus sense of community. Explore how we measure/assess the effectiveness of new/redesigned learning spaces and support instructors and students in their effective use. 

Wednesday, May 19, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET: IT Accessibility for Inclusive Learning Environments: Bring your questions and thoughts to this conversation on current and emerging issues related to IT accessibility, especially focusing on policy, law, institution-wide accessibility, learning environments, and best practices. We’ll discuss implications and share strategies and best practices for ensuring that our institutions' technology-dependent opportunities are equally accessible to all learners. Both practitioners and IT leaders are encouraged to participate.

Wednesday, May 19, 3:00 -4:00 p.m. ET: Instructional Design Community Group Session: This is an opportunity for instructional designers to come together to exchange ideas and discuss challenges or opportunities in the field of online education. In this meeting we will also partner with the ID2ID peer mentoring program which is offered through a collaboration with Penn State and Educause to discuss the specifics of this program. Please come and join us for a lively chat.