These are free or at cost directly from the project themselves. It should be noted that the TTIP funds per the budget and legislative language are not allowed to supplant current staff development activities and that the allocation of these special technology training resources should follow similar campus shared governance committee on staff development recommendations. The following are the authorized categories and areas descriptions for the Human Resources Technology Training Funds. This information is used by the Chancellor's Office in planning, advocacy, and reporting needs associated with faculty and staff development. There are no minimum funding levels for any of the areas listed below.
Districts have the flexibility to use funds in any of the four categories.
Provision of technical support including coaching, assisting, and supporting the development and implementation of new modes of instructional and service delivery. Released time and other expenses associated with a college or district developing their own training tools and materials for the use of their trainers or for self-paced training. Introduction to Educational Uses of Technology Attendance at conferences, development of Flex activities, and other activities designed to raise consciousness across a college of the potential use of technology and any plans a college may have to start using new forms of technology, and so forth. Institutional Redesign Research, training or consultation for the redesign of positions, academic structures, settings, processes, and policies to permit wider use of educational technology, alone, or in combination with alternative and traditional pedagogues, and including training or coaching in the management of change and continuous improvement related to the effective use of educational technology. Whenever they are made available electronically for the purpose of education.