Academic Computing Policy Board
Minutes for October 9, 2007
Present: Anthony Becker (chair), Phyllis Larson, Roberta Lembke, and Gary Miessler
The meeting was convened in the IIT workroom at 11:00 a.m.
- The minutes of the July 24, 2007 meeting were approved as submitted.
- Access Policy for Staff, Visiting Scholars, and Unpaid Staff
Several issues related to access policy were discussed. Although faculty emeriti have traditionally been provided continued access, with some restrictions, retired staff have not had the same privilege, although some may still have a strong desire to remain connected to the college in this way—should the policy regarding staff be reconsidered? In addition, volunteers who serve the college in various roles may legitimately need some level of access. Under what circumstances should they have this access, and what should their level of access be? What access should be provided for visiting scholars and other visitors to campus?
Roberta agreed to draft a policy statement on these and related issues for discussion at the next meeting.
- Classroom Technology Group
Dana Thompson would like to pull together a small group of faculty to be testers of new technology. Roberta will suggest that he bring items of interest to the ACPB regularly, possibly once a month. She will also invite him to the next meeting. - Faculty Technology Poster Session
This will be on Tuesday, November 6. David Schodt has ten faculty lined up to demonstrate technology applications, and IIT will also have some new things to show. - Pandemic Planning
Various issues related to teaching, communications, and administration were discussed. IIT has been identifying staff needs in case of a pandemic and identifying those who have critical roles.
Discussion focused on the needs of faculty who will be teaching courses from off campus during a pandemic. Issues include:
What special software needs will faculty have? Are their home computers capable of running it?
Are faculty aware of resources that are available to them from off campus, for example via proxy servers?
Would faculty need additional hardware beyond computers to teach courses from off campus?
The committee agreed that as an early step it would be helpful to survey the faculty about their home computer capabilities, type of internet access, software needs, and other items of relevance. Roberta will draft a survey to bring to the next meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
Gary Miessler