Abstract
Centers for teaching, learning, and technology are becoming an important aspect of the emerging strategies for supporting faculty in their IT efforts as well as for the institutional efforts to understand the educational value of IT. Existing models for success include centers for teaching and learning (with or without technology), educational technology centers (often in libraries or IT organizations), and "virtual centers" with distributed collaborating components. What kind of center would work best for your institution considering its needs, its organization, and its culture? Is it a formal organizational unit or a federation of units? Is it physical or virtual? This panel will present the underlying goals, decision points, and strategies and will build a set of guidelines that attendees can use to develop or refine services that fit their campus needs and culture.