Academic Advisory Committee Meetings

April 30, 2002

Classroom Technology Demonstration -- Lonnie Hearn

This was a video of Lonnie Hearn demonstrating the classroom control devices that UMS is installing now as well as an exciting
example of the animation capabilities that are now being used by UMS staff. Kathy Troutman described a project they are working on
with the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources funded by the USDA on transgenics and biotechnology. Faculty should
keep in mind the animation capabilities as they write proposals for research and improvement of teaching grants.

Delaware DataMIL Presentation -- Dick Sacher

Dick demonstrated a web-based mapping tool that was developed at the University and will give citizens of Delaware easy access to data
used in the state's land-use and natural resource planning and policy decisions. For more details please see
http://www.datamil.udel.edu
and the article on page 2 of the April/May 2002 UpDate.

Campus printing and electronic communications -- Leila Lyons

Leila described an initiative to control the escalation of printing in campus computing sites. A committee of representatives from the
Colleges, Library and IT was convened to address this issue on a campuswide basis as opposed to having individual units implement
their own schemes, which might lead to changes in usage patterns and inequitable distribution of costs. She also talked about
University communications being "electronic first" so that people would be aware that they should read mail regularly so that they
are informed about University matters.
The majority of the committee members who entered into the discussion recommended that Information Technologies NOT pursue or
advocate for actions that would severely restrict or eliminate the option of hard-copy printing by students.
The question of a student printing fee was raised but Leila explained that is not an option the University wants to pursue.
More details about the printing committee are at
http://www.udel.edu/it-us/printcomm.html

Technology grants to support curriculum change

Leila drew the committee's attention to the article on page 25 of theApril/May 2002 UpDate that described a new grant program to encourage
faculty to use the latest technology to transform large, introductory courses; introduce or enhance active learning approaches into a
department's curriculum; or develop and imprive LIFE, Pathways and Capstone courses. More details can be found at
http://www.udel.edu/present/grant
She also pointed out some examples of faculty work dome in conjunction
with staff in the PRESENT at
http://present.smith.udel.edu/showcase/

Grant from Marriott Corp. to HRIM -- DeMicco

Fred DeMicco described plans for the Marriott Courtyard Hotel to be built on the LairdCampus and scheduled to open on May 8, 2003.
The hotel will have 126 guest rooms as well as meeting rooms. Technology will be integral as the role of wireless computing, tablet PCs,
group decision-making software, and robotics in hotel management are explored. The hotel, as well as Raub Hall and the Vita Nova
studio will have videoconferencing facilities. More information can be found at
http://www.udel.edu/PR/NewsReleases/2002/feb/2-28-02/hotel.html

Videoconferencing infrastructure -- Lonnie Hearn

Lonnie Hearn described the current infrastructure for videoconferencing at the University and a proposal which includes a central UD
videoconferencing bridge. The new infrastructure would eliminate many incompatibility issues, yield cost savings, and provide some
in-room operating advantages such as tracking cameras, and better graphics display.

Meeting adjourned.

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December 7, 2001

The first meeting of the IT Academic Advisory Committee will be held on December 7, 2001 at 2pm in Room 206, Robinson Hall.
Room 202 Cannon Lab will be linked for southern Delaware members.

Refreshments will be served.

Please send your agenda items to the chair, John Mackenzie (johnmack@udel.edu), Lonnie Hearn (llhearn@udel.edu) or Leila Lyons
(leila@udel.edu) by Tuesday, December 4 at 4:30 p.m.

Leila and Lonnie will provide overviews of their respective organizations

Also, in the interests of time at the meeting, it would be helpful for you all to submit a few sentences about the IT services that you are
particularly interested in, and that impact what you do. Again, if you send these to Leila Lyons (leila@udel.edu) these can be circulated to
attendees.

We look forward to seeing you!
Lonnie Hearn and Leila Lyons

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