TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COUNCIL

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Meeting, September 11, 1995

Members present: Marty Aylesworth, John Bryan, Judy Carlson-Catalano (for Kim Carter), Lorraine Durrill, Jay Guruswamy, Doris Hendrickson, Betsy Little, Coreen Mett, Mike Packer, Jim Ross, Jennifer Spoon, Lee Stewart, Craig Waggaman

The meeting began with introductions of members and new members.

News:

• new MTS (Judy Carlson-Catalano is co-MTS in Davis/Young)
• new planning committee (ITRAC) --> info on ETF resources ($200,000 in computer upgrades for faculty offices and/or student labs)

It was suggested that this ITRAC committee does not need to have Internal Governance status, but that we should recommend to Dr. Covington that a member of ITRAC serve on the Executive Council which does long range planning.

Faculty development programs

In response to the questions "Who's doing what? Who needs what?" the following suggestions were made:

• solicit and collect information on "how folks accomplish various tasks"
• publish resources on-line(people resources as well as equipment)
• hold show and tell sessions (brown bags)
• establish a buddy system for faculty interested in technology
• establish special interest groups, networks of people
  • with similar interests
  • with an organizer or leader
  • sometimes meeting in a lab
• who has good ideas to share?
• group-ware is the latest tool which might have a lot of teaching potential
• new software demos and exploration opportunities
• support reading of ru.general and other usenet resources
• focus on departmental specific needs

Issues:

A request for more direct access to computer support led to a discussion of improvements at the Help Desk. It was emphasized the need for using the Help Desk as the centralized troubleshooting. The advantages of documentation of troubles as well as eventual efficiency were clarified. The use of ru.general as an information and problem solving tool was also discussed.

Next meeting:

Monday, October 23

5 - 8 PM

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