Minutes – Education and Technology Committee Meetings – August 19, 2005 – 12:15 pm

Attending: Sue Blanshan, Sheila Barry-Oliver, Rebecca Easby, Cynthia Greer, Hollis Williams, Brad Mello

1) Mello was confirmed as chair of the Committee for the academic year 2005-2006

2) Blanshan, in her role as Academic Vice-President suggested that the committee investigate information literacy this year and brought the committees attention to the following two versions of the charge for the year.

a) Sue's version:

Education and Technology: Create a university-wide information literacy

program with articulated student learning goals/objectives to be

implemented across all levels of the curriculum.

b) Pat's version:

Education and Tech Committee: Analysis of faculty use of technological

tools; analysis of adoption of technological proficiency goals for

student learning, and use of technological tools in pedagogy; assessment

of achievement of information literacy objectives according to the

Middle States standards.

3) Barry-Oliver questioned whether recommendations regarding information literacy that have budgetary implications would be taken seriously. Blanshan indicated that certainly, they would but that considering limited budgets external funding might be appropriate.

4) Greer asked if there were issues to stay away from and Blanshan suggested equipments issues and technological grievances were more appropriate for other channels

5) The committee then had a general discussion regarding information literacy.

6) Mello proposed the following questions to guide the committees work for the year:

a) What is information literacy?

b) What are best practices in achieving information literacy?

c) What is Trinity doing already regarding information literacy?

d) What should Trinity do in the future regarding information literacy?

7) The committee agreed to take answering those questions as their charge for the year and adjourned at 1:15 pm