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Academic & Research Computing Advisory Board
Meeting Minutes
December 9, 2002
Present: Andy Albritton, Randy Baker, Clare Billman, Caro Cassels, Van Haywood, Anne Hinton, Fred Lupien, Rod Mackert (chair), Michael Miller, Fran Omar, Glen Owen (for Mimi Owen), Kenda Rindt, Chris White
Absent: Roman Cibirka, Mark Litaker, Kristy Stephens, Steve Vogel, Gayle Bentley, David Wardlaw
The bi-monthly meeting of ARCAB was held in the President’s Conference Room, third floor of the administration building, at 2:00.
1. Minutes from the July 22, 2002 meeting were approved.
2. Faculty and Staff input:
- Allied Health: no report
- Dentistry: no report
- Graduate studies: no representative
- Library: no representative
- Medicine: Drs. Albritton and White reported that the medicine online course evaluation is now in place, and is available to share. There will be some minor cost sharing involved. The system is working well with the first and second year students. Third year is still a challenge to get student participation; for single lecturers, the evaluation is completed immediately after the lecture. Students type in their responses, and statistical analysis can be performed. This software is reported to be a much better option than using WebCT (which is not intended for this use). The contact person is Andrea Thomas, director of evaluation services (721-9730).
- Nursing: no report
- Classroom services: Fran Omar: Input is sought from the board as to identifying ongoing needs for community classrooms. Items mentioned were upgrades in the library computer system, cameras in clinics to evaluate student competencies in medicine, microphones for the lecture halls, and student interactive evaluation systems [as is being tested in Dentistry (64 units), or used by Continuing Education (100 units)]. Send emails of other suggestions to Fran. Some funds will come from the $75 / student technology fund. Needs exist for campus long-range planning of 3-5 year replacement funds.
- OEDD: Clare Billman
- A draft was presented for a Technology Fair to be held on campus on March 6-7, 2003. The hours would be 10-7 on Thursday, and 7-4 on Friday at the Alumni Center. Clare will be looking for faculty to demonstrate areas of expertise. Vendors will be contacted to exhibit, with an associated fee and door prize. The committee approved the dates and format.
- Work is being done on a peer review standards for Web-based courses from all schools. Nursing programs will be the pilot testing this area, since they have a number of completed programs in place.
- WebCT will be updated from Dec.26 until Jan 2, 2003. At this time, no access by students or faculty will be available. Notices are already posted on the site.
- Staff: Anne Hinton: The ARCAB website is being prepared with options for questions from campus, as well as a frequently asked questions (FAQ) listing.
3. Ad hoc committee reports:
- Technology Expenditures: Rod Mackert: no report, but the committee hopes to provide feedback to Fran for his future needs.
- Teaching Technology Adoption: Van Haywood: A report was presented listing the obstacles and possible solutions to faculty using teaching technology. The focus was on converting slides into PowerPoint and taking them to WebCT, or other digitized formats. The hope is this report will serve as the initial information sharing for the campus, with each school getting further input for either other obstacles, or better solutions to the obstacles cited. (see attached report). This information can then be shared campus-wide.
4. Questions under new business: The question was raised concerning residence halls having high-speed computer access. MCG is working with Comcast to install the cable, then the student at this time will deal directly with Comcast for internet access. With about 200 students in residence halls, and the long-term future of the halls being questionable, this seemed a reasonable compromise. Further consideration is being made to having the fee for this service included in the housing costs, rather than as a separate fee.
The meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for January 27, 2003.
Respectfully submitted,
Van B. Haywood (acting secretary)