The teleconferences provided participants an opporiunity to dialogue with several people involved in new educational innovations and in the governance and direction of education. Participants and speakers expressed positive feelings about the opportunities for dialogue and the usefulness of interactive video systems in making such dialogue possible and efficient. AAHE has brought Steve Gilbert on board as its Director of Technology Projects and he has moderated an active listserve devoted to teaching and technology issues. UAB, GSU, and TSU had previously proposed to Steve Gilbert that a multiinstitutional Roundtable might be developed as a Renaissance Group activity and that a specific focus of the group would be the development and use of interactive teleconferencing systems. An Internet listserve has been created at UAB specifically for the Renaissance Group.
Access is simple through Internet.
Some time within a few minutes to a day, you should receive confirmation that your name has been added to the list along with basic guidelines for using the list. Information about the AAHE listserve will be posted on the RenGp listserve for those interested in joining the AAHE technology dialogue. With all of the current activity in technology, the notion of reconvening the Technology Affinity Group seems reasonable, and perhaps even necessary. Renaissance Group institutions are involved in many new and exciting projects and the Affinity Group can provide a means of sharing ideas and assisting in these projects. The Group might be able to coordinate other efforts, particularly the development of proposals for funding technology programs.