PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
March 31, 2003

Present:

Jan Duggar
Sandra Bevill
David Boyd
Len Frey
Carleen Marburger
Jeff Pittman
Steve Replogle
Bill Roe
John Seydel
Jim Washam
Mark Young (Bill Kraus came in Mark’s place)

Others:

Chris Collins
Kelly Fish
Dr. Moeeni
Dr. Segall
Henry Torres
Elvin Turner
Kris Williams
Dr. Zhang

Absent:

Meeting was called to order by Dean Duggar at 3:30 p.m.

STUDENT TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE
Dr. Seydel introduced Elvin Turner – MIS student and Kris Williams to help decide what items we need to order with the student infrastructure money. First on the list is Room 201 – need to replace the computers.

Suggestion was made to put a monitor in the lobby so we can do announcements in the lobby with flat top screens. Kris has estimate on the cost. Requested $105,000 last year and received $81,000. April 14th to do the presentation for these items. We need to have the requests turned in by April 7th.

TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE PRESENTATION
Dr. Moeeni presented a COB Information Technology Report to the committee. Dr. Moeeni commented that they started in September to put this together and came up with three broad areas of technology needs:

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Team A:

Team A has been responsible for investigating software, training and partnership including the educational needs of faculty, students and the business community regarding applications software as well as partnership with software developers and vendors. Members include: Crystal Blake, David Dearman, Bill Kraus, Farhad Moeeni, Paul Ruby (who had to leave the Committee in October 2002 due to health concerns), Richard Segall (Co-chair), and Henry Torres (Co-chair)

Team B:

Team B has studied hardware, infrastructure and space needs of the college including, system software and network media. The space requirements apply to the future College of Business building and will complement those suggested by the architect in an earlier study. Members include Crystal Blake, Russ Jones (Co-chair), Bill Kraus, Henry Torres, Farhad Moeeni (Co-chair), and Qingyu Zhang.

Team C:

Team C has investigated the distance-learning technology needs including on- line/web-based and compressed video methods. Members include David Dearman, Kelly Fish (Chair), Farhad Moeeni and Paula Ruby (Dr. Ruby had to leave the Committee in October 2002 due to health concerns).

Dr. Moeeni commented that they looked at many different universities, technology trends etc. and talked to a number of people inside ASU such as Mark Hoeting, William Allen, held regular meetings and tried to reach different people in the college.

In Section 3 the one area the committee recommended is Item #1 – development of a database system with access through the Internet (or secure intranet) and a search engine that allows quick and easy access to IT-related information (assets and policies).

Item 2-6 discussed as well as items 7-12.

Software Partnership & Training – Team A presented by Henry Torres and Dr. Richard Segall. (see handout for subcommittee objectives)

Mark Hoeting will fund and we just need to use it.

Dr. Segall stated that he is negotiating with SAS on dates for workshops. May 12, 13 and 14 or Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday before August 25. He hasn’t gotten a response from all the faculty. This is a customized course so not sure that SAS can get a customized course put together in six weeks. SAS has not resolved the date for that as yet. Dr. Pittman commented that he receives e-mails on these workshops and he ignores them because he doesn’t feel that they pertain to him, therefore; if it does, he needs to be educated. Dr. Pittman teaches a law course so he doesn’t think it applies to him but Dr.

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Segall stated that there is data to be used by everyone. Dr. Seydel asked Dr. Segall if maybe SAS could put together a list of real applications across the disciplines so that everyone will know what can be used in the classroom. Dr. Pittman suggested a mini seminar for those who are not up to speed on this information.

Dean Duggar commented that there are a group of faculty that would like to use the internet more for the management of their courses. Helping faculty set up web sites, blackboard etc. Henry Torres stated that the survey they sent out had this as a request i.e., help me set up a web site, etc. How do we take advantage of Web Base II, etc. We have an outside source (Audra Howerton) that is putting together a WEB page for the COB. She is contracted for 50 pages, but our web site is well over 300 pages. We should have it up in about two weeks so if we add anything else to it, we will have to do that on our own. Henry Torres and Mark Hoeting have offered to provide a server that would act as a curriculum database that would be accessible to all faculty 24/7 with the AXCIOM CBN? Dean Duggar would like to have an idea of priority of faculty training needs. Would like us to explore bringing in an academic trainer that is using this software. Dr. Boyd feels that there is some need for some very basic training as he doesn’t know what Oracle will do for him, GIS – doesn’t know what this is, never heard of it. For research and classroom – problem is lack of data (research data).

Team B – space requirement, infrastructure and hardware.

Cut a classroom in half and use part of it for a technology lab.

Wireless Technology – don’t know how much this is being used.

Dean Duggar asked what laptops bring to the classroom – how do we use them effectively? How do we prepare our faculty to make that transition to the laptop?

Barcodes? Real-time and biometrics? Videoconference

Kelly Fish – Compressed video & Online Distance Learning Methodology

Literature Review

CV-Recommendations

Short Term: Training

First time Faculty

One on one training sessions etc.

Continuing faculty

Group training sessions

Once per year, required

Idea sharing among faculty

Long-Term: Physical Facilities

Other Issues

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Greater emphasis on course conversion to adapt the presentation of course materials to the CV medium.

Online Existing Facilities

Training – CLT

Blackboard software

CLT server

Video Streaming (soon)

CLT production equipment

Online Recommendations

Short-Term Training

Professor Development

Remuneration policy to spur diffusion

Streaming server

Production equipment

Bridge device w/standard recorder or Digital out recorder

Long-term: facilities

Production/studio facility in new COB building

Dean Duggar would like to send Dr. Moeeni the latest building program for him to look over and make suggestions/recommendations etc. This Fall Dean Duggar would like to convene a focus group from this meeting to computer proficiency of our students.

Dr. Moeeni would like this report shared with the faculty. Dr. Moeeni commented that there wasn’t anyone from the Management Marketing Department on the team so if they have needs someone needs to be on the team.

Meeting adjourned at 5:07 p.m.

Next meeting will be held on April 14, 2003 at 3:30 p.m. in the College of Business Conference Room BU105.

Submitted by:

Chris Collins