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University Committee Year-End Communication |
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Committee Name |
Academic Information Technology
Advisory Committee |
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Academic Year |
2005-06 |
Number of Meetings |
6 (Committee membership not
complete until January.) |
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Committee Members
(available at http://www.umt.edu/committees/)
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Belva Jones (chair), Steven
Fehrer, Thomas Gallagher, Charles Nichols, Yolanda Reimer, Nicholas Vonessen,
Sue Malek, Ralph Johnson, Ryan Alter, Paul Rowland,
John Greer, Judy Fredenberg, Ray Ford (ex-officio) |
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Please describe your
experience on the committee (What information would you share with a faculty
member who is considering service on this committee?) |
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Although the committee membership
was not finalized until the beginning of the spring semester, the committee
was active and members were engaged. Our primary task was to create a
faculty survey to determine faculty instructional computing needs.
After several revisions, we were satisfied that the resulting data
would be useful in planning faculty computing support in offices, labs and
classrooms. The on-line survey will be administered at the beginning of
the autumn semester, and the committee will use the data to make
recommendations to the Provost and to the Associate Vice President for
Information Technology. I was also pleased that the
committee could play a pivotal role in resolving a conflict between several
faculty members and the administrators of the Blackboard instructional
support system. |
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Topics Addressed (agenda
items)¯ |
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Instructional computing needs
assessment (major priority for the semester) Reviewed policy on e-mail access
for reassigned UM Employees/Staff Reviewed classroom technology
support Heard faculty concerns about the
administration of Blackboard |
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Actions Taken
(resolutions, proposals, recommendations)¯ |
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Unresolved Issues ¯ |
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