Academic Technology Committee MINUTES OF MEETING: 04/08/16 APPROVED BY COMMITTEE: 05/06/16 Submitted Exec. Committee: _____ Approved by Exec. Committee: _______ Submitted Academic Senate: _____ Approved by Academic Senate: _______ ATC Members Present: Chris Sales (Chair), Ardavan Asef-­‐Vaziri, Tara Fahmie, Ashley Geng, Norm Herr, Peri Klemm, Joel Krantz, Henk Postma, Chelsea Turner; Excused: Stephen Kutay, Iswari Pandey, Uma Krishna; Executive Secretary: Hilary Baker; Recording Secretary: Celene Valenzuela; Permanent Guest: Deone Zell; Guests: Provost Yi Li, Rick Evans, Derek Schuckman, Elizabeth Kioussis, Stephanie Drew, Robert Munck, Ben Quillian, Ernie Perez, Ranjit Philip 1.
Announcements a. Resolution Regarding Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) – Sales shared that part of the resolution is generation of a plan, which will be shared by Laurie Borchard in May. The committee may decide to take a vote for further action. Klemm shared that as part of CSUN’s Affordable Learning Solutions Team she attended an online learning consortium conference with topics focused around the AB-­‐798 College Textbook Affordability Act. Attendees included faculty who have already adopted affordable technologies and librarians and bookstore representatives from the CSU and local community colleges. Klemm added that Laurie Borchard is working in conjunction with Dr. Elizabeth Adams to identify General Education courses that have the highest enrollment and will benefit from open education resources. Once the courses are identified, college Deans and Chairs will be contacted to develop a plan to save students 30% on costs. Campuses currently have the opportunity to submit proposals for an opportunity to receive $50,000. Faculty members who participate are eligible to receive a stipend. The proposals are due on June 2016. Sales shared that he will be teaching COMP 100 next semester. The course will be completely free for students. Students will be asked to use lynda.com and other online environments. 2.
Approval of Minutes – The minutes from the March 4, 2016 meeting were approved with one amendment. 3. Previous Meeting Action Items Review -­‐ None. 4.
Chair Report a. ATC Topics for Next Year – Sales encouraged the committee to email any suggestions for possible agenda topics and resolutions for the next academic year. b. ATC Chair for AY 16-­‐17 – Sales thanked the group for their collaboration during the present academic year and reminded the committee that nominations and voting for the ATC Chair for next academic year will be held in May. Qualified members needed to have been a member of the committee the previous year. 5. VP/CIO’s Report a. AppJam 2016 Update – Zell shared that the AppJam Showcase held on March 30, 2016 was a great success. 54 teams participated in the month-­‐long competition with the top prize winners announced as Fyndit as the 1st Place Winner, Bike Tracker as the 2nd Place Winner, CSUN Easy Park as the 3rd Place Winner and SideBySide as the Popular Vote Winner. Student entries were submitted through Portfolium. b. IT Survey Topics – Baker asked the committee for feedback and shared that IT Surveys will be sent to faculty, staff and 10,000 students in the coming weeks. The survey results will be discussed in the Fall. The faculty survey include a focus on Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) with questions about eText, myCSUNsoftware, Open Educational Resources (OER) and learning apps. Students will also be asked about Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$). Sales stated that the technology with academic learning spaces will be considered as a discussion item for the next academic year along with a fieldtrip to use technology in the classrooms in the new Extended Ed building. 6.
Department/Colleagues Issues – None. 7.
Discussion Topics a. Follett (Rick Evans, Elizabeth Kioussis, Robert Munck, Derek Schuckman) – Evans introduced members from the University Corporation, Matador Bookstore and Follett team. The Matador Bookstore will be remodeled this summer. The Tech Center will be moved to the front of the store. Workshops will also be available in the near future. Service appointments can be made via telephone or email. Evans stated that Follett Discover is the tool that the Matador Bookstore has adopted as a key component to the Affordable Learning Solution (AL$). Schuckman gave a presentation about Follett Discover and shared that he and Amy Berger attended the SoCal AL$ conference along with the other CSU campuses. Follett offers low cost textbook rentals at a 50% cost reduction. The Oviatt Library and Matador Bookstore are working in conjunction with Follett Discover to provide Affordable Learning Solution (AL$) support to the colleges. Course Tracks will also be available soon; Matador Bookstore representatives will visit classrooms to purchase back books from students at the end of the semester. 8. Policy – None. 9. New Business – None. 10. Provost Li – Provost Li stated that there is an interconnection between the academic and technology world. The eLearning Academy has helped faculty with instructional design for online teaching. The university has traditional and non-­‐traditional students; multi-­‐generation and first generation students; and students from affluent and non-­‐affluent families. Students cannot be taught using the same approach since they have different ways to perceive and learn. Technology can help us address students with different needs. Provost Li stated that affordable learning solutions are extremely important to the campus community to help students lessen their financial burden. Faculty, in conjunction with Laurie Borchard, are working towards the development of CSU affordable learning solution initiatives. Provost Li thanked the ATC committee for their work. He added that he has attended college Administrative Council meetings, along with Vice President Baker and Deone Zell, to obtain feedback. A few of the items mentioned have been requests for technology support for weekend courses, technology to prevent online cheating, and more information about captioning. Diane Stephens is working to develop a captioning site where faculty can find policies, services and qualified vendors. Krantz inquired whether Provost Li would support the submission of the professional RTP files electronically. Provost Yi shared that an appropriate platform would need to be adopted from the faculty side, noting that it would need to align with CSUN’s Section 600. The CSU is currently evaluating Learning Platform Systems options. We will decide as a campus on the best platform. Fahmie shared the challenges that she has been facing in relation to technology and timing of requests for special accommodations from individual students. Sales stated that it is completely voluntary for students to identify themselves. Provost Li stated that he will go back and conduct further research on this student privacy matter. Sales stated that many students do not have the materials needed at the beginning of the semester due to delayed financial aid disbursements. Sales inquired on whether financial aid can be disbursed directly to the Matador Bookstore to allow students to purchase their books on time. Provost Li asked Ben Quillian to follow up with the Financial Aid department. One option could allow students to authorize the use of financial aid funds once they register for a class. Meeting adjourned at 2:57pm