Faculty have training to use the smart technology in the classroom. Faculty may have the necessary resources in their offices, but may not have a classroom to teach in where the technology can be used. Or the classroom may be available and faculty do know how to implement the technology in the classroom. Faculty have access to production teams that can advise faculty on pedagogy and implementation of technology in the classroom. Access is necessary both for web-enhanced teaching and for online teaching.
Faculty have knowledge about what other faculty are doing to integrate technology in their teaching.
Such knowledge is essential both as a sources of ideas and encouragement. It also provides a resource pool that faculty can use as they begin to think about and plan for the use of technology in their classes. AIT can serve as a vehicle to consult with the various units to carry out a plan for teaching space upgrades. The task force recommends that 40 teaching spaces be upgraded to the smart classrooms level the first year. Forty classrooms will be upgraded each year for a total of 200 teaching spaces in five years.