As part of the re-accreditation process that occurred last year the college agreed that a campus wide requirement of computer literacy was not needed due to conflicting expectations across departments. As part of that process departments were encouraged to develop their own expectations and communicate with ITS to help facilitate training and support. This has apparently not occurred yet. There is some anecdotal evidence that students are not getting the skills they need and faculty are becoming frustrated. Jackie and Wendy noted that currently 12-30 workshops are given each month on a variety of topics.
Most workshops currently focus on Web authoring and scanning in response to faculty demand.
Communication of when, where, and what workshops are available appears to be a problem. Alex noted that he was not aware of these workshops. Jackie described the methods of advertising via the newsletter and a web page. It was suggested that the Dean of Faculty be asked to transmit a request to all dept. Michael Donihue will contact the Dean.