PC labs are upgraded periodically and PCs are recycled to faculty. The Physical Therapy program at Nova is completely problem-based. Technology decision-making is fragmented. The Learning Resources Committee deals with classroom issues, hardware and software. The Word Processing Department and the Audiovisual Department coordinate materials on the web site.
Administration makes decisions on hardware.
There are two student PC labs and a new academic center with state of the art lecture halls. One of the lecture halls has response meters but these have not been used as yet. Students have had email access for the last several years but not all students use it so there is still a strong institutional reliance on paper. A drawback to the more widespread use of interactive software is that there just isn t enough time for faculty to learn how to use it. SCCO buys X number of computers each year, which are distributed by Administration based on committee assignments.