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WORKSHEET: Fundamental Questions Laying the Foundation for Improving Teaching and Learning with Technology; Setting Priorities and Selecting “Dangerous Discussions” Issues [Revised 10/27/98, 6/19/2005 – Steven W. Gilbert, President, The TLT Group] For Web version of this worksheet and related resources, see: /fundamentalquestions.htm Introduction and Background Since 1994, the Fundamental Questions have been providing the most frequently used and powerful activity within the TLT Roundtable Program.? Shared Goals and Significant DifferencesThese questions help members of a group to identify their most important shared goals and any significant differences in their hopes and fears.? The activity usually demonstrates a reassuring convergence of underlying values.?? That convergence can provide a good foundation for further discussion and the work of a TLT Roundtable or other group.? Alternatively, the results may indicate significant disagreement on fundamental issues;? if so, it is important for the group members to know about these differences sooner rather than later.? Transform vs. PreserveOne of the greatest challenges in any discussion of important change is to distinguish between those elements that need to be transformed and those that need to be preserved.? The Fundamental Questions activity reminds participants that information technology can be used appropriately and effectively both for transformation of what needs to be changed and for preservation of what is most cherished in teaching and learning.? Diverse Groups - Dangerous DiscussionsThe questions can easily be adapted for many purposes.? They have proven especially effective as the basis for focusing discussion among people from many different parts of the same institution.? Consequently, a diverse group that is beginning to work on a Dangerous Discussion topic together should consider adapting the Fundamental Questions for their own use.? Also see the Dangerous Discussions home page at: /dange