Academic Technology Strategic Plan Wiki Announcement
What Has Happened So Far:
Mike Caulfield, Irene Herold and Jenny Darrow have been tasked with doing the first draft of an Academic Affairs Academic Technology Plan. We’ve been working on it for a few weeks and have had some very inspirational moments. We invite you to visit and contribute your thoughts to our working draft which is visible on our wiki workspace: http://atvision.pbwiki.com
By using a wiki we are modeling some of the behaviors we want the plan to foster. Please note: 1) this is a living draft with ongoing changes 2) it’s hyper (i.e. not linear) so don’t expect a traditional draft document 3) the thought process is part of the draft so be forewarned.
Some of the comments we have received about the wiki are:
“I really enjoyed reading what’s up there, and I’m very intrigued with how the vision gets realized in the rest of the plan. Very exciting.”
“I like that it is not linear. It provides opportunities to go all over the place and brainstorm with a really large number of people without leaving your desk! The world is at your finger tips. It is really creative. An opportunity to pull in ideas you could not get to in other ways.”
Another person immediately commented in an email response about a project one of their students is engaged with and how the of vision of Academic Technology as drafted would support their activity.
Next Steps:
After discussion on the wiki, the draft will move through Academic Affairs Council for comment, and then to the Academic Technology Steering Committee (ATSC) for further revision. At this point ATSC will bring forward their version for campus comment. Whether this is through a campus forum(s) for discussion or some other mechanism is up to the ATSC. After this it will move to the College Information Technology Committee (CITC) for support and then to the Principle Administrators for adoption or revision.
We invite you to participate!
http://atvision.pbwiki.com