Communities of scholars and instructional development faculty and staff can form to develop, assess and communicate the results of their activities.
Opportunities exist for cost-sharing across parts of the university on strategic activities.
Research on teaching and learning can accompany online course development more systematically. New uses of space and technology for experimentation and development of new approaches to teaching and learning can emerge. Outreach to other learning communities can grow strategically as well. Development grants extended to include distance learning programs and learning modules. Development grants extended to include MIT distance learning program.