University Technology and Information Founders Task

Force

Darlene Sumida – Information Technology

Amy Weidner - Library

Agenda

• Introductions

• Mission/Vision/Purpose

• Meeting scheduling

• Meeting format

Introductions

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4CV05HyAbM

2009 Beloit Mindset List

• 3. They have never used a card catalog to find a book.

• 8. They have been preparing for the arrival of HDTV all their lives.

• 13. Text has always been hyper.

• 19. American students have always lived anxiously with high-stakes educational testing.

• 33. They have always been able to read books on an electronic screen.

Beloit cont’d

• 34. Women have always outnumbered men in college.

• 44. There have always been flat screen televisions.

• 63. There has always been a computer in the Oval Office.

• 72. Migration of once independent media like radio, TV, videos and compact discs to the computer has never amazed them.

Mission/Vision/Purpose

• Identifying how to help ourselves and our students

• Creating a community

• DT - increase the effective use of educational technology in the delivery of our courses.

• DT - being a leader in developing learning communities of the net generation students as well as the adult learners

Meeting scheduling

• Break out meetings

• Subgroups

• Frequency for smaller groups

• Frequency for entire task force

Meeting format

• Exposure to new applications

• Exposure to research

• Center for Digital Education

• Training vs Knowledge share

• End every meeting with a “new ideas” conversation

Potential Topics

• Community tools

– FaceBook, Twitter, etc.

• Knowledge / Information sharing

– Slideshare, DimDim, etc.

• More?