Technology Committee Meeting Minutes

11:00am – 12:30pm, October 6, 2005

Location:  HC 124

Members Present:  Windee Cottle, Frank Crosby, Chris Edmondson, Harriet Eskildsen, John Hinds, Andy Haber, Andrea Hunter, Ingrid Schreck

Members Present but Attending a Separate Sub-Committee Meeting: Steve Dodson, Rick Sapanaro, Rainer Wachalovsky

Members Absent:  Victoria Coad, Julie Driscoll, Patrick Kelly

Agenda Discussion Items

1. Review of Strategic Plan for organization/development pathways to DE classes, instructor homepages, departments, etc.

· Discussed need for web support

· Discussed direction of DE program

· Discussed WebCT licensing

2. Discuss Plan for strengthening DE Program: curriculum processes, training, support, IR &D, Fund for Innovation

• Discussed funding options for getting increased faculty training and support

3. Sub-committee updates

· No new news to report except that Steve, Rick and Rainer are meeting during this meeting time to plan and create web templates.

Meeting Recommendations

• identify a Web Support Coordinator for faculty professional development.
• investigate Instructional Technology support structures at other schools.
• develop a Tech Web Page to provide faculty with technology instructions that are unique to to CoM.
• implement more flex activities to provide faculty with technology training.
• learn about faculty and student technology use and what they need.