To: Faculty Assembly

From: EdTech Committee

Date: April 27, 2005

Re: Final Report for 2004/2005

Members:. Mike Battig (Chair) Greta Pangborn

Joseph McLaughlin John Devlin

Ex officio: Susan Breeyear Bill Anderson

Steve Burks Dennis Voigt (CEPC)

Joanne Schneider

EdTech concluded the following business/projects:

1. Brown Bag Seminars: The committee sponsored a pair of “brown bag” lunch seminars (in concert with TRC).

· Thursday, October 28, 2004 – Amanda Amend, Christine Bauer-Ramazani, Richard Kujawa, and Collin Pillay discussed their experiences using material learned in the laptop workshop (now the Teaching with Technology Workshop) in their teaching.

· Thursday, March 3, 2005 - Richard Kujawa discussed the creation of an asynchronous online unit. This work was supported by a grant from the EdTech Committee.

2. We issued a call for proposals

· We received one response from Carolyn Lukens-Olson proposing a two-day teaching with technology workshop for adjuncts based on the week-long workshop for full-time faculty that has been held the past few summers.

· The above proposal was approved and the workshop was held over spring break. Eleven (out of 17 applicants) adjuncts took part in the workshop.

· Here’s a comment from one of the participants: Everyone was so supportive and the topics valuable. It was a wonderful opportunity for me as a graduate level adjunct. I often feel that I am on the outside of the Saint Mikes' community and this workshop really made a difference in my working knowledge of the services and technology available. Every graduate level adjunct should meet with all of you at some point.

3. We have submitted a two part proposal to the Provost related to the McGrath faculty development gift. (The letter read at Faculty Assembly contained language supporting projects involving the use of technology in education.) A response to this proposal is pending. If approved, Committee members will review proposals during the Summer 2005.

· The first part of the proposal requests $4000 for eCollege training.

· The second part of the proposal requests $12000 to support grant applications that will be solicited immediately following the Teaching with Technology Workshop this summer.

4. Cynthia Kelley met with the committee to give a status report on the current use of eCollege and answer questions. The committee later reviewed the eCollege announcement given at Faculty Assembly.

5. The committee reviewed and approved the Faculty Development Lab and Halsted Lab Service Level Agreements.

6. Rick Murphy and Sue Breeyear presented the lifecycle replacement plan for review and comments.

7. Bill Anderson presented the budget for review and comments.

8. The committee reviewed the mission of EdTech (as stated in the Bylaws) and discussed how the role of the committee relates to the role of the Technology Steering Committee.

9. EdTech solicited all heads of academic departments during March 2005 to offer discipline-targeted lunch seminars pertaining to the integration of technology and pedagogy in the future.