Technology Advisory Committee
Minutes, 07 November 2000

Members present: George Olson, John T. Spagnolo, Robert Muffoletto , Gary Moorman , Fred Badders, Heather Wright, Terry McClannon, Michael Bennett, Charlene Sox, Charles Duke

• It was agreed that requests for technology "wish lists" from departments and technology related issues and concerns be brought forward at the next meeting to be included in the unit planning process

• A review of the Technology Purchase, Notification and Advisement Forms was put off until the next TAC meeting.

• Wireless networking technology will be in place after Christmas

• It was suggested and agreed that the the proposed distance learning classroom plans for 313 be presented to the faculty for comment and review. A discussion area was suggested for this topic with a link to the plans.

• Novell Remote Access issues and lessons learned were discussed and there was a demonstration of FTP clients for both platforms.

• It was agreed that the RCOE Technology Plan be augmented to address ADA compliance and interpretability. John S. was to draft the changes for TAC approval ant the 12 Dec. 00 TAC meeting.

• Robert M. raised the issue of a college wide discussion of our vision and direction in distance education - video and web mentioning that C&I has already started some discussions but "the department can not work in isolation." The existing documents linked below were reviewed. It was agreed to create a discussion forum topic on the issue on the "RCOE Community Conversations" discussion forum and that a college wide meeting would be planned for further discussion and clarification of issues. The Dean mentioned the importance OD a FOCUSED discussion.
  • Link to existing documents
  • Report of the Committee on Evaluating Faculty Performance with Information Technology