ISSUE	# PLANS	DATA (?)
Assessment & Evaluation of Tech use, ties to strategic planning	8	(surveys, data to gather- student/faculty surveys? portfolios? employee surveys, measurement of usage via network or lab checkins)
Access (on campus, remote , by students, by part-time faculty, for disabled students, telecommuting, student accounts/space)	8	(survey of tech availability, student demographics, providing, leasing??, data on needs)
Faculty Issues (development, training, support)	7	(needs assessments, support available, usage of support systems? workshops, "just in time", special project funding)
Tech Staffing/support/development, use of students as assistants, help desks	7	(support needs, staffing #s and ratios, hours/locations of support provided, job descriptions and pay)
Facilities, infrastructure, tech in classrooms, labs	4	(inventory of classroom tech, lab spaces, availability)
Distance Learning	5	(numbers of students in DL, grades/grad rates?)
Hardware/software standardization, inventory	4	(common hardware descriptors to count, listing)
Hardware/software allocation, upgrades, replacement, maintenance, replacement cycle formula and timelines, prioritization	5	(criteria for priortizing, 3 year charting cycle a la glendale, costs for replacements)
Exploration, research, development, build a center, examples of technology use ("gallery")	3	("case" examples of faculty a la CGCC plan, feedback from students, graduates)
Rules/policies, copyright, acceptable use	2	(wording? visibility?)
defining role of technology in student learning	2
Financial Management, funding, use fees	2
Student Services	2
Communication, timely dissemination	2	(methods checklist? presentations, demos, brown bags, newsletters)
Relationship to college-wide strategic planning	2
"Integrity of Tech" Data Backups,Secutity	1
Diversity	1
Community Service, business relations	1

Can Ocotillo define goals for each issue? This would drive how the issues are addressed.

• CGCC - Offers NC500 courses [pay to use computers] and prorates per credit for level of access ($3- $5- $7).
• EMCC - Open access to community with a nominal fee.
• GWCC - No fees, open to students, they just need to check in with ID.
• MCC - Tiered access; open access to community; shared lab fees and departmental/regular courses fees
• RSC - Lab fees or NC500 - Internet students - no fee and access to virtual library.
• PVCC - Unsure - haven't heard any complaining from students.
• PC - Varied fees; open lab - no charge; certain classes have fees; Closed classes with fees.
• SCC - Open and per course lab fees.
• SMCC - Open access to community plus extra lab fees for classes.

Go to the students to ask about the fees? you might be surprised.

Can Ocotillo formulate a defintion for Access that might lead to some more uniform fee structures?

• One college reports that things are out of step, not making Ocotillo a topic of discussion on campus; perceptions that ssues are real to faculty but not to institution. (new classroom building constructed without net access or projection)
• Does the district have a Technology Plan? Only for newtwork infrastructure (ITS).
• Infusing technology into curriculum is a local issue.
• How are we addressing these issues?
• We need to come up with goals to help address the next bond election;
• An inventory of items is not enough-- We need to address the goals like learning versus the needs like new computers. Goals will help define what the tech needs are
• A goal for MCCD should be global access for the community. We need access to the network, programs that are easy to use/work with, faculty and staff training, infrastructure support, and more collaboration within the colleges and classes.
• Is it appropriate for the Ocotillo group to come up with minimum access needs for a classroom, in order to keep it current? What is the underlying cost for integrating technology? Can we make suggestions that would lead to $ per foot for instructional rooms?
• Needs in technology - New ways to minimize staff; new ways to deliver curriculum - we need to embrace this.
• There needs to be a changing perception of technology in the classroom.
• It is important to address the issue that technology has changed our use of time. It has not necessarily saved us time. In fact, the opposite has happened
• Find the learning issue - then solve it whether it be through technology or not.

Agenda Items:
• Acess Discussion led by Mancy Matte (PC) and Mary Long (SMC): Please bring back responses from roundtables on these questions:
  • What is the definition of access to technology on your campus? Who is it for? What is the access to?
  • What issues involving access are on your campus?
  • What solutions have you found?
  • What specific ways are you accomodating access needs for women, minorities, and disabled?
  • How are community access issues addressed?
  • What issues do you see for access in 3 years? 5 years? 10 years?
  • What resources were useful in addressing access needs on your campus?

• Mary Long recommended we look at Blackboard's CourseInfo web authoring system (http://www.blackboard.net/)-- you can set up your own demo course online from their site.