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Index
The areas and issues:
The actions we have identified as strategic actions of the first priority
are:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3,
1.5,
2.1, 2.2, 2.4,
2.6
3.1, 3.2, 3.3
4.1
5.1
6.1, 6.2, 6.4,
6.5
These actions are numbered in red in the
document.
Technology Task Force
Incorporating technology at Saint Mary's College should be guided by
considerations of how it enhances the mission of the College. It should
also build on structures already in place. The College has been forward
thinking in providing a network, access to the Internet, technology teaching
areas, and support. Saint Mary's is now poised to take the next step:
infusing the technology into our culture.
The first initiative of the technology plan places information technology
(IT) within the context of teaching and learning. A campus wide dialog
facilitated by the Teaching and Learning Technology Roundtable (TLTR)
will lead to a statement of how Saint Mary's can best address the concerns
of women in technology. We can be pioneers and show leadership in this
area. With the rapid changes in technology facing our students, we must
support the TLTR student IT fluency initiative, even as the general dialog
progresses. Technological developments are changing approaches to teaching
and learning in all disciplines; therefore, it is important to provide
mechanisms and support for innovative curricula and pedagogy.
The campus network provides the infrastructure to implement and support
the IT goals of the College. It is imperative that the currency of the
network be maintained and that there be integrated and coordinated planning
within all areas of the College, particularly communication and facilities.
An organizational model that gives IT planning a more central role in
the operation of the College is critical, as is a budget process responsive
to the rapid change of technology. Without coordinated planning of the
technological infrastructure, services, and support, costly errors will
be made.
The heart of Saint Mary's College is its students, faculty, administrators,
and staff. To facilitate effective and efficient use of the informational
tools available, an organized training program and adequate follow-up
support are essential. This includes acknowledging IT fluency developed
by students, recognizing and rewarding faculty for pedagogical uses of
IT, and job classifications and pay scales that recognize staff accomplishments.
In order to keep pace with the curricular needs of students and faculty
and support more in-depth research, the library must have the resources
necessary to increase the number, kind, and coverage of electronic resources.
The library must also play a central role, in preserving collections,
such as archival material, through digitization projects.
Finally, IT considerations must be incorporated into the renovation of
existing space and more importantly, in the construction of new space.
Careful, coordinated facilities planning is critical in providing the
appropriate environment for faculty to teach, students to learn, and administrators
and staff to work.
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1. Teaching and Learning
Improve and expand upon the role of information technology (IT) in teaching,
learning, and faculty development
Outcomes
Saint Mary's College will:
- support the integration of IT into the curriculum
- graduate students with appropriate level of IT fluency
- increase faculty IT fluency
- foster pedagogical innovation using IT
- create increased opportunities for faculty-student collaborative learning
Identified issue: 1.A Placing IT within the context
of teaching and learning
Actions
- 1.1 Support efforts such as those of the
Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable (TLTR) to establish reflective
dialogue about teaching, learning, and technology
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Identified issue: 1.B Student IT fluency in the context
of the mission statement
- 1.2 Determine how Saint Mary's College can
best address the concerns of women with regard to technology: what are
the goals for women, what is the best curriculum, how can woman play
important and innovative roles in the world of IT?
- 1.3 Support the TLTR student IT fluency initiative
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- 1.4 Ensure that all
students know the informational tools available on the campus and can
use them at the level necessary for their coursework. (See Action 4.1
Training and Support)
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Identified issue: 1.C Curricular initiatives
- 1.5 Investigate the possibility of new technology-related curricular
programs (e.g. in Art and Communication, etc.)
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- 1.6 Expand role of IT
in the W program by exploring ways to integrate IT into the teaching
of writing
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- 1.7 Support departmental
efforts to put teaching, assessing, and testing, materials on the Web
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Identified issue: 1.D Faculty development
- 1.8 Develop and publish
a policy stating how technological initiatives by faculty will be evaluated
and recognized with regard to promotion and tenure
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- 1.9 Develop support
for faculty projects on innovative pedagogical uses of IT
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- 1.11 Expand and support
faculty training in IT (See Action 4.2 of Training and Support.)
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2. Campus Network
Improve the use of the College's network in order to support constituencies
on and off campus.
Outcomes
Saint Mary's College will:
- optimize the electronic environment in order to improve efficiency
and communication
- enhance and extend our sense of community
Identified issue: 2.A Make efficient use of and maintain
the currency of the campus network
Actions
- 2.1 Conduct business online (college forms, work orders, library resources,
bookstore purchases, college purchasing, electronic delivery of documents
to Printing Services, credit card payments, etc.).
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- 2.2 Integrate and coordinate communication services (telephone, fax,
e-mail, bulletin boards) (See also Administration and Funding and Facilities)
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- 2.3 Explore possible
future directions for the campus network such asthe installation of
classroom or campus-wide wireless network
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Identified issue: 2.B Optimize communication
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- 2.4 Integrate and coordinate the development and maintenance of College
information (electronic, web, and print publications)
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- 2.5 Develop a campus
cable TV network to provide information and services such as video distribution
and the possibility for student programming
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- 2.6 Develop a policy regarding appropriate use of distributed learning
technology at Saint Mary's College (e.g. online courses, electronic
learning communities, electronic portfolios, computer-based tutorials,
video-based delivery systems)
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3. Administration and Funding
Improve the integration and efficiency of IT decision-making and management
Outcomes
Saint Mary's College will:
- coordinate planning of technology infrastructure, services, and support
- make coherent and intelligent decisions for the use of IT on campus
- avoid costly errors
- integrate information systems
- increase communication among offices that use information systems
- provide reasonable and sustained levels of funding for IT
- increase the flexibility of IT budgeting in order to support innovation
Identified issue: 3.A Administrative organization
of IT
Actions
- 3.1 Implement an integrated organizational model that gives IT planning
a central place in the operation and planning of the College.
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Identified issue: 3.B IT planning and budgeting
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- 3.2 Provide for on-going review of the IT strategic plan
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- 3.3 Improve IT planning and budgeting
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Identified issue: 3.C Administrative IT
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- 3.4 Continue the integration
of administrative information exchange begun with the implementation
of the Banner project
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4. Training and Support
Improve training with IT in order to ensure that SMC staff is able to
perform job function at optimal levels.
Outcomes:
Saint Mary's College will:
- increase staff IT fluency
- encourage and facilitate training
- provide a greater level of satisfaction about the ability to do one's
job
- provide appropriate support for IT
Identified issue: Comprehensive training
Actions
- 4.1 Create an organized training program utilizing a variety of training
and support options: videos, CAI, tutorials, outsourcing, scheduled
workshops, on-demand workshops, teleconferencing, etc.
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- 4.2 Create job classifications
with appropriate pay scales that recognize IT skills and proficiencies
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- 4.3 Support essential
staff training
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- 4.5 Increase support
for using software and hardware
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5. Library
Expand the acquisition of and access to information resources
Outcomes
Saint Mary's College will:
- provide opportunities for more in-depth research
- preserve irreplaceable items
- improve access to library collections
Identified issue: 5.A Access to electronic resources
Actions
- 5.1 Increase the number, kind, and coverage of electronic resources("kind"
meaning electronic periodical indexes, online reference items, e-journals,
etc.; "coverage" meaning discipline/subject areas not wellrepresented
in the library's current collections)
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- 5.2 Expand present reserve
system to include electronic delivery of reserve items
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Identified issue: 5.B Electronic preservation of collections
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- 5.3 Digitize particular
items in the library's collections or items located elsewhere on campus
(e.g. particular materials in the College's archives, record collection)
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6. Facilities
Ensure optimal IT capabilities for SMC teaching and administrative facilities
Outcomes
Saint Mary's College will:
- provide appropriately designed and equipped classroom space to
allow faculty to integrate and expand the pedagogical uses of IT in
their courses
- incorporate IT requirements into facilities planning
- provide the necessary space for the Department of IT, including
theITRC
Identified issue: 6.A Appropriately designed and
equipped classrooms
Actions
- 6.1 Assess the need for additional and flexible
IT classroom space, and determine the appropriate level of IT for seminar
rooms
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- 6.2 Provide the necessary level of IT in
all classroom laboratories, e.g.nursing, biology, chemistry, and in
classrooms for departments with special needs, e.g. Music, Art, Communication,
Dance
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- 6.3 Ensure that, at a minimum, all classrooms are media ready as defined
by the 1999 report by the Information Technology Study Group(ITSG) entitled
"Classroom Improvements and Support for Teaching and Learning
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- 6.4 Provide the necessary high-end technology
for use in CPSC and other courses to keep pace with the curriculum
Identified issue: 6.B Facilities planning
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- 6.5 Integrate the physical needs of the Department
of IT into the Campus Master Plan, including personnel and co-location
of equipment (e.g. telephone switch, cable system, computer room) supported
by battery backup and emergency generator
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- 6.6 Include IT Department in facilities planning at all levels
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