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Collaboration as the Key to Successful Technology Programs: Development Stages and Strategies

This comprehensive overview explores the critical stages of technology program development at Hartnell College, emphasizing the need for collaboration among faculty, administration, and stakeholders. It outlines the historical context leading up to a robust technology infrastructure, from outdated equipment and training deficits pre-1995 to the establishment of smart classrooms and technology centers. The report highlights four developmental stages—New Venture, Expansion, Professionalism, and Maturity—describing the strategic actions taken to enhance technology integration and support, fostering successful educational outcomes for students and meeting workforce demands.

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Collaboration as the Key to Successful Technology Programs: Development Stages and Strategies

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 Stages of Development • Technology Climate • Pre-1995 Status • Outdated Equipment • No network • No faculty computers • No projection equipment • The term Internet was unknown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