CCFIT > Calendar & Minutes > 2004-05 Minutes > January 10, 2005

Excused: Mike Allred, Bella Corbin, Karen Hull, Stan Nosek, Ann Orel, Martine Quinzii, Celeste Rose, and Julia Silvis.

Absent: None

Guests: None

Staff: Ruth Parcell, and Babette Schmitt.

I. Welcome and announcements - Chair Bledsoe and Vice Chair Chalfant

Chair Bledsoe welcomed members and announced a shorter meeting. Vice Chair Chalfant gave two announcements (see Upcoming Sun-Sponsored Events). The first being a customized briefing at the Sun Executive Briefing Center in Menlo Park that would be specifically designed for UC Davis. The second is Sun's Worldwide Education Research Conference which will be held in San Francisco, February 14-17, 2005. Information will be forwarded to the following people as possible attendees: Craig Benham, John Rundle, Bill Broadley, and the Genome Center. Interested contact Jim Chalfant (jim@primal.ucdavis.edu).

The minutes from the December meeting were approved as submitted.

James Chalfant introduced Colin Carter, Professor in Ag and Resource Economics. Professor Carter presented "Classroom Experiments in Technology Presentation: Lessons Learned". He teaches ARE139, a "Futures and Options Markets" course and currently uses streaming video for the lecture. Students are then able to go back and review the on-line lecture. He also uses a textbook he has published as well as on-line trading and paper trading.

When asked how he sees teaching in 10 years, Colin commented that all the lectures would be on line and the students would only be in class one time per week for discussion.

He encouraged Council members to contact him directly (cacarter@ucdavis.edu).

This was deferred to February.

The Campus Information Technology Projects handout (see Campus IT Projects) is the result of last year's IT planning process. The Academic Merit and Promotion (AMP) project and the Electronic Research Administration (ERA) project both received funding for the first year. John Meyer stated that the list of IT projects and corresponding budget plan provide a great foundation for campus IT funding decisions. Next steps include discussing ongoing funding for the proposals.

John Bruno and Dave Shelby have completed the individual meetings with the Deans and Vice Chancellors regarding IT planning for 2005-07. A summary from those meetings will be available for the February meeting. VP Bruno provided an overview of the process for IT planning (see IT Planning at UCD Overview).

Adam Barr, ASUCD representative, reported on information technology topics of interest to undergraduate students. Adam surveyed 770 students regarding information technology topics receiving back 50 responses. These topics were identified during the ASUCD Senate December meeting (see Undergraduate Students' IT Suggestions). Among the topics mentioned were: wireless internet access, Geckomail limitations, primary campus email accounts, viruses and Spyware/Adware, spam filtering, and computer lab availability.

Students are requesting better printer designation in the computer labs such as, low level or high level designated printers. Jan Dickens has been working with Darnell Holloway, ASUCD Senator, regarding the printing issues.

Council members provided a number of suggestions and comments. Which are more important, printers or wireless access? What would be the possibility of turning more classes into computer classrooms? Electronic filing into individual e-portfolios designed for each student instead of paper files. Emailing homework to faculty? What about the faculty that don't have resources to purchase laptops? Moving forward a few years.what would be the top use for the computer labs? Printing?

Andy Jones reported on the Faculty Survey: http://learning.ucdavis.edu/LEAD/. A summary of the project was distributed (see Survey of Faculty IT Use). Members were asked to review the survey and email responses to Andy at aojones@ucdavis.edu.