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Collaboration is the Key to a Successful Technology Program

Collaboration is the Key to a Successful Technology Program. Stages of Development. Technology Climate Pre-1995 Status Outdated Equipment No network No faculty computers No projection equipment The term Internet was unknown. Stages of Development. External Assessment

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Collaboration is the Key to a Successful Technology Program

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  1. Collaboration is the Key to a Successful Technology Program

  2. Stages of Development • Technology Climate • Pre-1995 Status • Outdated Equipment • No network • No faculty computers • No projection equipment • The term Internet was unknown

  3. Stages of Development • External Assessment • Students demand new technologies • Employers demand new skills in workforce • Administration required to understand the need for better data management • Faculty recognize need for technology integration and support • Increasing competition

  4. Stages of Development • Problem Identification • Needs assessment results • Lack of classroom equipment • Lack of technical support • Lack of training for staff • and faculty • Lack of campus wide • technology infrastructure

  5. Stages of Development • Hartnell’s Vision • The board developed a vision statement. The following are excerpts from the statement Hartnell College shall: • seek and dedicate resources to be a technologically advanced institution • anticipate and respond to change • be a valuable resource and facilitator of change for it’s communities • excel in the recruitment, retention, and placements of students

  6. Stages of Development • Four Stages • New Venture, Expansion, Professionalism • and Maturity • Each stage contains 3 categories • Organizational support conditions • Leadership, Funding, Infrastructure • Instructional technology utilization • Participants, Uses, Assessment • Professional development activities • Focus, Delivery, Format

  7. New Venture • Organizational Support Conditions • 1995-97 • Funding • Title III • Technology Training Infrastructure Program • More information about TTIP • Leadership • Board support • Superintendent support

  8. New Venture • Infrastructure • 1996-97 • Technology Learning Center built (1996) • Faculty Resource Center built (1997) • Faculty Computers installed (1997) • Fiber optics and ATM networks built (1997) • Campus wired (1997)

  9. New Venture • Technology Utilization • Challenges • Resistance to change • New technology not understood or used • Common vision not shared by faculty, staff and administration • Slow integration into classroom

  10. New Venture • Evaluation • Institutional Research and Planning survey data • Accreditation goals met

  11. Expansion • Organizational Support Conditions • Funding • Trustees Innovation Grants Obtained • Faculty technology pioneers supported • Leadership support is growing • Infrastructure • Desktop computers deployed campus wide • All classrooms wired • Smart classrooms were built

  12. Expansion • Technology Utilization • Faculty Resource Center • Institutional Technologist hired • Offers staff development training • Support of faculty resource center • Supports special projects

  13. Expansion • Instructional • Technology • The Center Supports • Technology Learning Center (TLC) • Computer equipment • Video conferencing technologies • Faculty Resource Center (FRC) • Test and provide support for new technologies • Integrate new technologies on campus • Support existing equipment

  14. Expansion • Professional Development Activities • Sign-in sheet to track department and technology usage • Surveys given at trainings • Goals set for accreditation purposes • Survey given by Institutional Research and Planning

  15. Professionalism • Organizational Support Conditions • Technology plan evolution • New hardware/software standards • Multiple grant applications • New Title V technology grant success • Faculty and staff buy-in • Conference attendance and presentations • Increased network support staff

  16. Professionalism • Challenges • Technology Utilization • Video Conferencing • Smart Classrooms • Online Course Delivery • Collaboration • WAN • Other colleges

  17. Professionalism • Challenges • Instructional Technology Hired new instructional technologist: • Implements and assists with ADA compliance with technologies • Supports current instructional technologists duties • Coordinates distance education program

  18. Professionalism • Professional Development Activities • Expansion • Distance Education training • Creating an online teachers training cert program • Delivery in an online format • Continue to deliver on campus • Face to face • One-on-one • Department request

  19. Maturity • Organizational Support Conditions • Sustainability • Management Reorganization • Institutional budget support • Keeping campus technology current • Shared governance

  20. Maturity • Technology Utilization • Sustainability • Control – good and bad • Communication issues • Institution budget support • Continued institutional support

  21. Future • Professional Development Activities • Web Delivered student services • Institution/state supported technology funding • Developed and sustainable distance education program

  22. Thank you for coming!

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