UNM must play a part in creating the rural infrastructure and sustaining it. Howell is aware of faculty concerns about intellectual property rights for courses and materials offered in partnership with Extended University. He sees faculty engagement and involvement as essential. I chaired the faculty technology committee at OSU and firmly believe that UNM's Faculty Organizing Committee is a critical partner in examining the roles and responsibilities of each of the players. I understand faculty concern over ownership of the content of their courses.
Faculty invest a lot of time both teaching and learning to form course content.
Howell says that there are ways to work toward co-ownership. Everything we do is as a team. We, as a university, maintain and support faculty work. We no longer live in an environment where a single individual does it all. E-services must be extended in other areas to create a robust virtual environment that provides online tutoring, advisement and other needed student services.