Faculty also receive in-house help with instructional technology from full time Instructional Technology Consultants. ECU is in the process of hiring 8 more Instructional Technology Consultants who will begin work in 1998-1999. The 76 fully distance courses are believed to meet all SACS accreditation requirements. The council is responsible for providing a forum for coordination and collaboration that facilitates planning, assessing, and communications to the university community on matters regarding information technology. This includes a continuous monitoring of progress toward meeting the Information Technology Strategic Plan.
Every faculty member has network connectivity that includes access to the Internet and e-mail.
The faculty workstation program provides updated equipment for faculty members on a three year rotation cycle. The campus has 2,000 workstations throughout in 45 student labs that are PC and Macintosh based. These students will be supported in a lab environment, funded by the university, that will provide network connectivity. ECU's instructional technology representatives expressed a concern that ECU might be penalized for making early investments in information technology initiatives that now may be funded at other institutions from new state resources. They were enthusiastic about the possibility of creating virtual information sharing resources with other campuses, such as a UNC system help desk, library and university discussion forum.