The project management model provides a structure for doing this. It is essential that institutions understand the costs of using new technologies. Although cost analysis is still heavily influenced by the assumptions made about what costs to include or exclude, it is possible to asses the costs of technology-based teaching reasonably accurately. Funding is probably the biggest lever for change. Various strategies for funding technology-based teaching and learning are examined, including external grants, student technology fees, and reallocation.
Reallocation is the ultimate test of an institution's commitment to teaching with technology.
It is difficult to see how an institution can make doing so a primary strategy without some very difficult decisions about reallocation of base operating funds. Eventually, funding decisions on technology-based teaching need to be pushed down to the department level, with central funding for institutionwide infrastructure and specialized technical and educational support. Partnerships and collaboration are strategies for sharing the costs and leveraging the benefits of technology-based teaching. Several models of partnership and collaboration are described and assessed, and the requirements for successful partnerships are identified. An organizational structure encompassing a mix of centralized and decentralized strategies is recommended to support teaching with technology.