Quality teaching under budget pressure: a framework for Californian institutions
Californian higher education is currently defined by financial uncertainty. With reduced funding and shifting enrollment patterns, institutions are under immense pressure to prove student success while lowering operational costs.
Most try to solve this by adding manual tasks to faculty workloads or siloed point solutions to the tech stack. In this 45-minute session, we move past the buzzwords of tool consolidation to share a practical framework for building a learning design system.
What you'll learn
- How California universities can scale teaching quality under budget pressure, without increasing faculty workload
- Why shifting from siloed tools to reusable learning designs creates consistency across courses and programs
- What a Learning Design System looks like in practice (engagement, assessment, collaboration, and AI in one workflow)
- How to generate leadership-ready evidence on quality, workload, and ROI, beyond fragmented pilots
- A practical framework to consolidate edtech, reduce costs, and improve student outcomes
Meet our speakers
Nate Casale has spent years driving business growth in SaaS and now partners with higher education institutions across the West Coast to implement innovative learning design solutions that enhance student success. At FeedbackFruits, he works with instructional designers, faculty, and academic leaders to create active, engaging, and feedback-driven learning environments that prepare students with critical thinking, collaboration, and authentic feedback skills for the modern workforce.
Renee Sharif is an Implementation Manager at FeedbackFruits, leading North American partners through LMS integrations and adoption planning. A former teacher with over 10 years of experience in the education sector, Renee leverages her pedagogical background to bridge the gap between technology and the classroom, ensuring long-term success for both educators and students.
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