Wright State University University Technology Committee

UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE

MEETING MINUTES

June 12, 2003


Attendees:   Paul Hernandez, John Gabriel,  George Frey, Terri Klaus, Todd Brittingham for Dave Suater, Noel Nussbaum, Sean Kleefeld,  Stephen Foster, Barbara Denison, Jim Vance, Kathryn Meyer for Jeff Vernooy, Ron Dorsten, Mitch Wolff, Bonnie Mathies, and Brenda Mobley.

I. Approval of Minutes for May

Ron Dorsten requested the spelling of his name be corrected in the list of attendees. It was agreed that this would be corrected and the minutes were approved.

II. CTL Updates
A. Terri Klaus distributed copies of information regarding the statistics for distance learning courses from winter 1999 through spring 2003. Terri also announced the Center for Teaching and Learning has developed a proposed definition for distance learning. The definition has been submitted to Bill Rickert and Rudy Fichtenbaum for their review. In addition to approving the definition, they have been asked to consider who would be responsible for making the decision of whether a course is considered distance learning or not.

CTL is offering the on-line teaching and learning course for fall 2003. More information on this course can be found on CTL's Web site. Fundamentals of Web CT training will also be offered this summer on July 11.

B. George Frey announced that four additional rooms in Millett Hall will soon be equipped as electronic classrooms and two additional rooms will be set up as general purpose rooms. House Bill money for capital equipment will enable the university to add eight additional electronic classrooms, making a total of twelve new electronic classroom to be competed by the end of summer. The additional eight rooms are:

M095 - Creative Arts Center
170 - M&M
237, 240, 303, 311 - Nutter Center
072 - Rike
148 - Russ

III. CaTS Updates
A. John Gabriel announced the rollout of a number of services to be implemented by fall quarter 2003. 

B. Paul Hernandez gave an update on the Administrative Systems Replacement project. A task force has been formed with Scott Rife as Project Leader. This group will meet until the end of July to identify issues associated with this project. Several site visits and teleconferences with vendors will take place fro the end of July through August. Then product evaluations and the RFP process will take place from September - November, with the final decision being made in December.

C. Paul also announced the web-based services being rolled out this fall for faculty and staff. This will include workflow (electronic forms), order entry, account management, and pay advisories. Other services will become available in future months as time allows.

IV. Announcements
Bonnie  Mathies announced Time Warner Cable, Western Ohio Division, and Wright State University will co-sponsor a free Cable in the Classroom workshop. Features include network presentations from A&E, The Weather Channel, Court TV, Discovery Channel, Nickelodeon, ESPN, and more regarding programming, free materials, lesson planning and copyright information.

The workshop will be on Wednesday, August 6 in the Student Union at Wright State University and will begin at 8a.m. and end at 3:00p.m. Registration begins at 7:30a.m. There will be a continental breakfast. Please contact Wende Wright at Time Warner Cable at 937-396-8717 or e-mail her at wewright@twcdayton.com for registration and more information. You may also go to www.timewarnerohio.com and check under the teacher section of "Kids Zone" for more information.

WSU faculty and staff are invited to drop in and view the array of networks and exciting materials they provide. It is a very worthwhile experience. Students wishing for graduate credit must attend all day, complete a project and attend a follow-up session August 15.

The next schedule meeting will be on Thursday, July 10 from 3-4p.m. in 267 University Hall.