Teaching and Learning Capability Map

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Introduction

An enterprise capability map summarizes what an enterprise needs to be able to do to succeed. The map shows what capabilities the enterprise needs, not who carries them out, or how. Agreement on high level capabilities is a foundation for subsequent analysis and planning of business processes and technology solutions.

Enterprises have different maps, as their goals and size vary. A capability map can extend to an enterprise that includes multiple organizations, such as a university system or consortium.

The Reference Capability Map below summarizes the capabilities covered in the RATL. This is a reference map; in your planning process, you will likely remove, add, or move capabilities on the map related to teaching and learning.

Capabilities in the Reference Capability Map are divided into three broad areas:

Strategic Capabilities are high level outcomes based on strategic goals, setting the direction for other capabilities on the map.
Core Capabilities are what the teaching and learning enterprise does to deliver its strategic capabilities, distinguishing itself from other enterprises and interacting with people and organizations.
Supporting Capabilities enable core capabilities, are often shared across other capabilities, and are often common to similar enterprises.

Reference Capability Map

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Capability Definitions

Strategic Capabilities

Capability	Definition	Notes
Competency Acquisition	Enable learners to acquire competencies.
Learner Community Building	Enable learners to join a community.
Pedagogical Development	Develop new learning content and/or modes of teaching.
Market Positioning	Position and market the enterprise to attract learners and instructors in defined areas of study.

Core Capabilities

Area	Capability	Definition
Curriculum Management	Curriculum Design	Design learning units and paths of study to enable learners to acquire competencies based on the enterprise's market position.
	Scheduling	Manage and schedule resources, such as instructors, facilities, and tools.
	Instructor Management	Manage the pool of instructors and facilitate activities such as shared governance or design of learning and assessment resources.
	Matriculation and Enrollment	Onboard new learners for one or more learning units.
Teaching	Learning Unit Instance Design	Prepare a specific instance of a course or other learning unit.
	Instructional Design	Plan how learners will acquire competencies within a learning unit instance.
	Learning Object Design	Create learning objects for use in a learning unit instance.
	Learning Object Management	Store and re-use learning objects.
	Learner Management	View, communicate with, and group the learners enrolled in a learning unit instance.
Learning	Learning Plan	Plan the learner's progress through multiple learning units, based on the learner's goals for applying their acquired competencies.
	Mentoring/Advising	Advise learners based on their goals, learning plan, and assessment results.
	Group Collaboration	Enable learners to work together and produce artifacts in groups.
	Learner Content Management	Store and re-use the artifacts produced by learners.
	Portfolio Management	Enable learners to organize their work in a professional portfolio.
Assessment	Assessment Design	Plan and design assessments based on curriculum goals.
	Assessment Administration	Assess learners.
	Assessment Evaluation	Evaluate the results of learner assessment.
	Learner Certification	Grant statuses (such as degrees, certificates, badges) to learners who have demonstrated competencies through assessment.
Accreditation	Accreditation Review	Review and revise the enterprise's activities to meet accreditation standards.
	Accreditation Reporting	Report on the enterprise's activities in support of accreditation.
Compliance	Compliance Review	Review and revise the enterprise's activities to meet compliance standards.
	Compliance Reporting	Report on the enterprise's activities to demonstrate compliance.

Supporting Capabilities

Capability	Definition	Notes
Academic Records Administration	Maintain records including matriculations, enrollments, instructor assignments, assessment results, and learner certifications.
Human Resources Administration	Recruit and retain human resources including instructors, staff, and student employees.
Identity and Access Management	Maintain identity records to enable participants to access appropriate enterprise resources and participate in inter-enterprise identity federations.
Application Portfolio Management	Review and revise the array of technology solutions that support enterprise capabilities.
Data Analytics	Enable analytic reporting on all teaching and learning data, for example, for enrollment management, accreditation reporting, and compliance reporting.

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