What works for one university won't necessarily for others. VCU is a unique institution, with great diversity in its programs and students. To accommodate the diversity that is our institutional strength, we need not just one approach to applying technology to teaching but a whole portfolio of strategies. It's easy to spark interest in projects by addressing the newest and snazziest technologies, but if they are not ready for prime time, they are not likely to fly in the technology environment of a large public university. At a minimum, faculty and students need to have access to whatever delivery mechanism is being proposed.
Access has to be key.
We also need to learn more about how to harnass technology to the task of accomodating the wide range of learning styles we find in our students. Using technology has the effect of amplifying the methods we use to teach. Because they are discipline-specific and are tied to the professional training we all have needed to be effective in the roles we have. Not all technology issues should be based on faculty input or subject to faculty review, but clearly teaching and research are faculty, not technology issues. If faculty should have a major voice in developing an institutional technology strategy, they also shoulder a heavy responsibility to use technology wisely.