Ocotillo Retreat 99
Flagstaff, AZ
May 18-19, 1999
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This is a summary from the three group report-outs on each issue
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ISSUE:
Access to Technology
QUESTION:
What are the needs for providing equitable technology access to students, faculty, and our communities? How can they be financially achieved?
e.g. dial-in access, standardized networked software ("palettes"), accounts for students, specialized labs, uniform technology access fees
| What's Important |
Doable? |
When? |
by Whom? |
Funding
- Provide flexibility for district/campus to implant technology fees
- Investigate/initiate creative funding and partnerships
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Yes |
ASAP |
District/Board/Upper level management with campus input |
- Cyclical process for upgrade of hardware/software
- Campuses prioritize access issues concerning:
lab hours, dial up access to application, loan, rent, sell equipment for hour use, online student services, access to e-mail minimal request
- Support for above
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1. Yes
2. Yes |
1. Ongoing
2. Once 1st determined |
Faculty to specify need, Technology
staff implants
Campus coordinate into larger campuses |
| Conduct Needs Assessment - define equity issues by individual college (we donÕt have a handle on what the issues are) students/faculty |
Yes |
Next year |
Ocotillo TLTRs or committees |
Once Needs Assessment has been identified, they should be prioritized and funded by:
- Fees
- Partnering with service providers/corporate
entities (provide trained labor pool)
- Bond money
- Creative fund raising (credit cards, grocery carts, banner ads on web sites etc.)
- Providing purchasing options for students
- Laptop scholarships
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Yes |
2001-02 |
Colleges Prospects should be cultivated by district |
| Students, faculty, and staff should have access to appropriate technology on campus and off campus, 24/7. There should be no difference between on and off campus access
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Yes |
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external partnerships, internal partnerships (e.g. English department partnering with Math department), specialized funding, sources modified for partnerships |
| Important to combine and explore partnerships and sponsorships for and by community stakeholders
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Yes |
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external partnerships, internal partnerships, specialized funding, sources modified for partnerships |
DISCUSSIONS:
- Equity, partnerships, remote, funding (categories)
- Prioritization of access by different customer groups: student, faculty, staff, community, partnerships
- What issues face each customer groups
- Two statements of what to do/achieve: students, faculty, and staff should have access to appropriate technology access 24/7/365 on and off campus; doable
- Important to continue to explore partnerships and sponsorships; find out who youÕre serving, how your serving, and what more can be done
- Via external partnerships, internal partnerships (English department partnering with Math departments; etc.)
- Specialized funding; be creative
- Success modification to partnerships; creative funding through partnerships can be sharing of funds for common issues
- Issue of access what are we talking about? Different for each campus
- Recommend Ocotillo committees determine what specific issues exist by college
- Creative fundraising activities
- Purchasing options for students; lap tops for students, other
- Funding, discussion of access, support
- Provide flexibility for district campus to implement technology fees; doable; done ASAP; district/upper level administration
- To investigate/initiate creative funding and partnerships re: funding; district; done ASAP
- Cyclical process for upgrading hard/software; faculty to specify needs; technology staff to implement
- Campuses need to prioritize access issues; flexible; done campus by campus
- Campus-driven coordinated with/among different campuses; partner
- Support for all above
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