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EdTech Meeting Thursday, Sept. 15,
2005
Attending: Greta
Pangborn (chair), Alain Brizard, John Devlin, Jo Ellis-Monaghan;
and ex officio members: Bill Anderson (CIO), Sue Breeyear
(IT), Steven Burks (Libr), Dennis Voight (CEPC),
- General Business
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Greta will continue to
maintain the web site.
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Thursday noon is an
acceptable meeting time for the committee
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John was appointed scribe for
the day
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Greta was elected chair for
the committee
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Jo was appointed
representative to tech steering (first meeting is 9/23)
- Review of last year
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Brief
summary of Brown Bag lunches
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There
were no responses to the committee call for proposals growing out
of the “teaching with technology workshop” (formerly laptop
workshop)
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eCollege
- Training
was successful over the summer
Around
200 of 550 courses are offered on eCollege
- Bill indicated the institution desires “to enable” work going to
the web, versus requiring it
- Advantages of eCollege are that it provides students with a
common web format for various classes
- We are currently in year two of a three-year commitment to
eCollege
- The committee expressed a desire for a short presentation to the
faculty assembly on eCollege
3.
McGrath funding
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One
possible use was for an image archive which would need ongoing
supervision
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This
committee needs to coordinate with Faculty Development committee
to clarify allocation of funds.
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Greta
will contact chair of Fac. Dev. once they have met.
4. Creative Commons
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Cynthia has been asking
faculty for access to materials in eCollege on a voluntary basis
and has received positive responses so far.
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Bill is asking EdTech to
endorse the idea of the commons
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There was a brief discussion
of ownership of materials
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One reason for choosing
eCollege was that it was thought to resolve the issue of
Institutional Ownership
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Another option allowed within
eCollege is the possibility to link out of it to the web
- Bill will update us on IT
plans
- Next Meeting is October 13
Respectfully submitted,
John Devlin
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