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Academic Research and Computing Advisory Board
Meeting Minutes
March 24, 2003
Attendance:
Present: Gayle Bentley, Roman Cibirka, Caro Cassels, Rick Hall, Van Haywood, Anne Hinton, Mark Litaker, Rod Mackert (chair), Richard McIndoe, Fran Omar, Mimi Owen, David Wardlaw.
Absent: Andy Albritton, Clare Billman, Fred Lupien, Kenda Rindt, Kristy Stephens, Chris White
The bi-monthly meeting of ARCAB was held in the President’s Conference Room, AA-302. The meeting was called to order at 1:05 p.m. by Rod Mackert.
The minutes of the January 27 meeting were approved.
Board Member Reports:
Mr. Omar reported that student technology money that was allocated to classroom upgrades is almost depleted. Upgrade work is continuing. Extensive upgrade work is planned during Masters week. A brief follow-up discussion of classroom performance systems (CPS) followed. Mr. Omar concluded with the observation that, in his opinion, the recent Technology Fair was spread out over too long of a period of time. This put a significant strain on available equipment and support resources. He asked that this be taken into consideration when planning future events.
Ms. Owen extended thanks to all who had assisted with or participated in the Technology Fair. Ms. Owen also reported on an upcoming demonstration of a classroom multimedia delivery system known as Tegrity.
Dr. Haywood reported on two recent presentations at a professional meeting in San Antonio: Dr. Kevin Plummer presenting on video camera usage and Dr. Gary Holmes presenting on the Classroom Performance System. Dr. Haywood concluded by posing a question to the group – What would be the feasibility of setting up a secure website for internal reviews of classroom technology?
Dr. McIndoe discussed purchasing hardware for statistical analysis.
Ms. Bentley asked whatever became of the Teaching and Technology grants that were awarded for several years. Dr. Cibirka indicated that funding for this program was no longer available. Ms. Bentley also inquired about the status of our Banner implementation. Dr. Cibirka indicated that plans are in progress and final implementation is linked to budget.
Mr. Wardlaw discussed the newly formed Student Liaison Committee and presented some of the preliminary comments received from the students regarding our current utilization of classroom and instructional technology.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:00 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for May 19 at 1:00 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
David Wardlaw
Secretary