4/7/05 - Subgroup meeting
Members: Kandee Nelson, Kathleen Beaumont, Jim Butler, Ryan Todd, Denny Livingston, Brian Benedetti

We met today as a subgroup of the Enhanced Tech Group to discuss Training Instructors to Use Technology Classrooms. Here's an update on decisions and actions.

Decisions:

• We need a list of all faculty using tech rooms for the following quarter
  • Eventually after we get the new scheduling software this should be easier
• We need to reach the instructors near the end of the quarter and train them on the rooms they will use the next quarter.
• We can group some of the rooms into similar types then just point out the minor quirks in the specific classrooms. (so we don't have to teach a workshop for every room)
• We had a healthy debate on whether the equipment needs simple instructions attached. I'm making the decision that they do, but the problem is as always..time resources to make this happen.
  • We will also provide the instructions as a pdf and have them on our website.
• We will advertise this training via faculty orientations, division chair meetings, email, and word of mouth.
• We need to form a Power-User group for this equipment so we have more trainers as resources.
• We need to develop better evaluations of who really needs these rooms, and how to determine scheduling but that's another topic to be dealt with a little later.
• We are going to look into possibilities of assigning classrooms in pairs so faculty can switch between tech and non-tech rooms with their partner.
• We need to provide workshops not only in how to use the equipment, but new ways to teach with this equipment.

Actions:

• Jim will give Kathleen the list of all classrooms Level 3 and above.
• Kathleen will run an SMS report that tells us all faculty who will be using these classrooms next quarter.
• Brian will create a draft email setting up training for these faculty. He'll run the draft by this group first.
• Brian will access some listservs to see how other colleges train their faculty with classroom tech equipment.
• We will meet again in 2 weeks. Brian will set up a time and try to make it a teleconference.
• After our next meeting we will each take a section of tech classrooms and contact the faculty that teach in them, and set up a training period approx. 2 weeks before this quarter ends.