Technology in the Learning Spaces
Meeting Minutes
April 19, 2010
Attendees: Mark Kasselhut, Laura Hardesty, Sande Johnson-Byers, Rhonda Dixon, Brad Lawton, Sherry Ross
Create Outline for Report:
We will review the report outline in the full meeting on April 26, 2010.
Recommendations:
Both faculty and students want a basic technology equipped classroom. All of our benchmark institutions already have or are planning to equip 100% of their classrooms; in order to stay competitive U of L needs to do the same; 5 of 7 benchmark institutions are considering an ongoing budget for maintenance and replacement.
· Equip remaining classrooms with a basic level of technology.
· Create a source of centralized funds to maintain and replace equipment in the classroom.
· Prioritize schedules to make rooms available for central use when not in use by ‘owner’ school to address ‘territoriality of classrooms’.
· All learning spaces must be entered in Resource 25 for scheduling.
· Give faculty a choice of desktop or laptop computer. If there is a funding issue, use centralized funds to make up the difference between laptop and desktop. These funds would only be available for faculty who attend a technology training ‘boot camp’ offered by the Delphi Center. Replacement and maintenance will be the responsibility of the department.
· If state funding is approved for the new academic building on Belknap campus, the building should contain a significant number of high tech classrooms (to meet more than the basic need).
· Improve training and documentation for the use of technology in the classroom. Conduct workshops in the effective use of PowerPoint.
· Increase use of BlackBoard, Tegrity and clickers in more classes. Stock clickers in tech store.
· Improve availability of chat and collaborative tools in BlackBoard.
· Increase and better maintain collaborative learning spaces.
· Increase information regarding lab locations for students.
TO DO’s:
Laura will create a profile of a typical faculty member and a typical student.
Sherry and Mark will validate both clicker polls to support recommendations..
Rhonda will revise the price of a standard room as reported by Vincent based on minimum with desktop and without desktop.