CIT Advisory Board Meeting Agenda Sept. 25, 2007
1. Announcements
- Notes from last meeting are posted – let me know if you have corrections or additions
- Educause / ECAR recently released a 2007 report on a study of undergraduate students and information technology relevant to some of the issues we discussed last month regarding students' preferences and behavior patterns .
" This 2007 ECAR research study is a longitudinal extension of the 2004, 2005, and 2006 ECAR studies of students and information technology. The study, which reports noticeable changes from previous years, is based on quantitative data from a spring 2007 survey and interviews with 27,846 freshman, senior, and community college students at 103 higher education institutions. It focuses on what kinds of information technologies these students use, own, and experience; their technology behaviors, preferences, and skills; how IT impacts their experiences in their courses; and their perceptions of the role of IT in the academic experience."
- Dan Gilbert from Standford will be at Duke discussing Teaching in Flexible Learning Spaces on Oct. 1 & 2, 2007. Please share information and encourage your colleagues to attend.
Event descriptions and related resources
- Update on meeting with Bruce Cunningham re: student privacy issues in using non-Duke systems
- The departmental reports on faculty participation in CIT programs will go out this month, first to IT directors in the schools, then to department chairs. Your input on the format for these reports was very helpful!
2. Grants and project support – past, present future
Guest: Amy Campbell, Assistant Director, CIT
Please review the materials shown below, and come to the meeting prepared to discuss the options for new programs listed in the fourth bulleted item below.
Related materials:
- CIT Faculty Project Support Program History, (printable PDF version)
This documents shows how CIT funding and support programs have changed over time, and why those changes were made.
- Timeline of CIT Grant Program Changes, (PDF only)
This diagram shows when grant changes were implemented and the number of projects in different years.
- CIT Faculty Support Study, (PDF only)
This report describes the current status of projects CIT funded several years ago and identifies factors that led to projects being sustained or discontinued.
- Summary of current project support and grant options to discuss, (printable PDF version)
This document outlines what programs are already in place for this year, and suggests several alternative models for an additional program we could launch before the end of the year.
3. Future agenda items
Return to student privacy/FERPA issues related to use of non-Duke systems (from Aug. 2007 meeting)
Planning for wider faculty input - open meetings, invitations to CIT advisory board, etc.
What kinds of experiments interest you related to use of mobile devices in teaching and learning?
What enhancements would make Blackboard and other software tools more useful to instructors and students?
What technologies would help support new courses and new activities that result from the Visual Studies Initiative, DukeEngage and other key initiatives in the Duke University strategic plan?
Graduate student enrollment in training and development programs has mushroomed. We could provide an update on the current CIT offerings for grad student instructors and trends in grad student interests in technology at Duke.
What else?
4. Reminder: Remaining CIT Advisory Board meetings for 2007-08
(Perkins Tower Room 201)
October 23, 2007
November 27, 2007
January 22, 2008
February 26, 2008
March 25, 2008
April 22, 2008
