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Academic & Research Computing Advisory Board
Meeting minutes
July 22, 2002
Present: R. Mackert, Chair, A. Albritton, G. Bentley, C.
Billman, R. Cibirka, V. Haywood, A. Hinton, M. Litaker, F. Lupien, M.
Miller, F. Omar, M. Owens, K. Rindt, K. Stephens, S. Vogel, D. Wardlaw.
Absent: R. Baker, C. Cassels, C. White
The meeting was called to order at 1:00 pm.
A quorum was present.
The amended minutes were approved.
Dr. Mackert suggested the minutes be distributed and approved electronically in advance of the meeting to reduce the delay in posting approved minutes on ARCAB’s web page. There were no objections.
Faculty and staff input to ARCAB from each school or unit is listed below:
| Allied Health Sciences: | Requested improved access to the link for the student conduct code on the website. |
| School of Dentistry: | Three projectors were placed in the classrooms. |
| Graduate Studies: | No report |
| School of Medicine: | Online course/clerkship faculty evaluations will be utilized this year. Current evaluation of PDA uses to track student clinical experiences. |
| Nursing: | Web CT tutorial is in place for incoming students. |
| Library: | No report |
| Classroom Services: | No report |
An Ad Hoc chair to replace the vacancy of Debbie Hatmaker is necessary. No report was noted for the other two Ad Hoc committees.
Rod Mackert stated he would have a document for review linking the bylaws to the strategic plan at or before the next meeting.
Rod Mackert emphasized the Teaching and Technology Expo endorsed by Dr. Goldstein needs to be designed and implemented in the Fall, possibly November or December. He wishes to consider garnering vendor support and donated food to encourage participation. He requested a trial demo of possible materials by the next meeting. Clare Billman noted this may be difficult due to their heavy workload with the upcoming semester courses. Further discussions on this topic and its planning will occur.
Dr. Mackert has discussed the formation of the ARCAB Student Liaison Committee with Charles Poole, the new SGA president. After classes have started, he will help select representatives from each school.
Rod Mackert described the yearly cycle for the ARCAB is March to February. Its inception was 3/2001. Rod distributed a roster with terms of member service to the committee.
Clare Billman provided a very nice electronic demonstration of the EyeSpy Technology allowing exceptional Web visualization of high resolution images. This is available on campus and will be also utilized by other schools in the near future.
Fran Omar demonstrated a dial-up service for distance presentations, Mshow. This offered the possibility of web-conferencing and remote Power Point presentations. This program allows participant tracking and profiles and may have CE applications. However, this program does not work with Macintosh platforms.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:50 pm.
The next meeting of ARCAB will be held at 1:00 pm on September 23, 2002.
Respectfully submitted,
Roman Cibirka
Secretary, Academic and Research Computing Advisory Board.