The Provost’s Academic Computing Advisory Committee October 29, 2002

Academic Computing: What It Means Today A way to focus resources on student and faculty information technology needs An evolving collaboration of staff and faculty working with information technologies to further instruction and research A voice: thinking beyond Peoplesoft

Academic Computing: Who’s Involved? Faculty and Students (of course) Service partners represented here: ITS Academic Computing Group Center for Technology Enhanced Learning Cline Library Statewide Academic Programs NAU-Yuma Labs Other constituents: Department Labs, Learning Assistance Center Researchers Instructors (increasingly of traditional courses) Registrar, bookstore, financial aid must be heard

Academic Computing Service Examples Student and Faculty Course Management System (WebCT) WebCT workshops for faculty Electronic Reserves Campus, Statewide, and Departmental Labs ResNet Academic Computing Help Desk Electronic Portfolios Projects (e.g., EZ-Proxy)

The Role of the Provost’s Academic Computing Advisory Committee Forum for Academic Computing Issues Increase faculty input/participation Feed ideas into official strategic plans The Provost’s ACAC web site includes the committee’s charter.web site

Challenges Increasing Demand for Services Unexpected Technological Impacts New Conversations

Increasing Demand for Services

Growth Indicator: Dana Jan 84% of 4,150 92% of 19,728 Not shown: Affiliate Accounts (348 in 2002) New Louie

Growth Indicator: ResNet 83% of 5,055

Growth Indicator: ACHD

Flagstaff Campus Labs (14 ITS open labs)

Unexpected Technological Impacts

Growing Pains: Social as well as Technical

Student Electronic Behaviors Viruses (innocent until proven guilty) Copyright: Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Open Letter to University Presidents Open Letter to University Presidents Law Enforcement (fake id’s, warez servers, identity theft, Russian Mobsters) Dean of Students, Residence Life, Campus Police – a new conversation P2P: unanticipated technological impacts ResNet Bandwidth (tragedy of the commons)

New Conversations

Terminology Hybrid Courses Blended Learning ResNet WebCT VISTA MSOffice Campus Agreement License

More Terminology TLT Group TLT Group and TLTRTLTR Electronic Portfolio Portal Wireless Eval’a Jack

Academic Computing Challenges: President Haeger: June 17, 2002 Growing student support demand Unmet faculty and special project needs Integration of services (middleware) Increased demand from department labs Proposed reductions in student services Electronic portfolios Future course management systems Future technology literacy initiatives Classroom technologies/Blended learning Priorities: 1) Students, 2) Faculty, 3) Staff

Academic Computing Issues: Provost Grobsmith: Sep. 24, 2002 Course Management Software VISTA Hybrid Courses & Blended Learning Putting a WebCT site up for all courses Role of ACAC Faculty Development support for I. T. Need for a student fee MS Office Campus Agreement for students Refreshing faculty computers Future cost of Peoplesoft Budget cuts

Other Issues Online Evaluations TLTR membership Electronic Portfolios Software cost savings through Tri- University agreements Web location for all courses

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