The Curry School Web administrator, Zahrl Schoeny, is a faculty member who works with the ETC director and the Education Technology Committee to map the future of the Curry Web site. This half-time position also encompasses active support for Curry faculty who are incorporating the use of the Web and other educational technologies into their instruction. The responsibility of curators involves active maintenance of the section of the Web for which they are responsible. Secretaries and students as well as faculty are curators. Therefore the range of technical expertise is variable.
Curators have responsbility for a given content area.
This expertise is more crucial than prior technical experience. Curators can rely upon the Web administrator for support and assistance, who, in turn, can call upon the Curry Educational Technology Center. If tools are cumbersome or non-intuitive, network use is likely to be low. However, social and cultural factors also affect the extent to which a network is used and how it is used. Instructional need and active faciliatation are as important as technology.