Vice Provost Paul Gandel attended the first half of the meeting for the purpose of defining the parameters and constraints associated with the spending of the technology initiative funding.
Emphasis is on improvement to the instructional infrastructure.
This will be done in conjunction with Asset Protection funds, e.g., for lighting control, window treatments. First step should be to define what it will take to make classrooms viable. Second step is to define and prioritize initiatives tied specifically to curriculum change, otherwise it will be impossible for the committee to decide which meritorious programs to fund over the next 2 years. Examples are computer collaborative classrooms, the Office of Higher Education's interinstitutional video network, etc. In addition, we need to define levels of classrooms for additional instructional technology, such as, LCD projectors, slide projectors, TV monitors, PicTel, etc.