TACT was retired as an offical college committee by action of College Council in the spring of 2005. These pages are no longer updated but are preserved as valuable reference material.

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Technology Vision

Lane Community College is committed to the appropriate integration of technology into its services to students, staff, and community within the framework of the college’s mission, vision, and guiding principles.

All components of technology planning will be measured against their impact on learner success.

Technology Guiding Principles

The technology guiding principles are the foundation for the technology 5-year strategy and annual plans. In an effort to be inclusive and not bound by organizational structure, the TACT has adopted the term "unit" to mean the ELT, division, branch, department, team, committee, group, or project.

The use of technology should:

• enhance human potential,
• support expanding access to educational and information services,
• be grounded in an awareness of social, organizational, legal, and ethical issues; and
• should not compromise the privacy or other rights of individuals.

Technology planning should:

• be a component of all college planning;
• include appropriate processes for ongoing evaluation and assessment;
• be guided by knowledge of current state-of-the-art and consideration of future trends;
• foster unit coordination and sharing of resources among units;
• include processes that maximize participation of students and staff at all levels; and
• at the unit level, be done in the context of college-wide planning.

Decisions about resources for technology should:

• be made within the framework of the 5-year strategy and the annual plans;
• reflect the understanding that technology is a long-term investment rather than a one-time cost;
• address the full cost of technology, including equipment, software, maintenance, replacement, training, and staffing; and
• make a portion of technology resources available to encourage creativity and experimentation.

Goal 1: To provide an environment that supports the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning.

Objectives:

1. Provide network-ready equipment in all classrooms, including computer, projection, equipment and whiteboards.
2. Provide power and network connections for student computers in classrooms, study areas, and learning resource centers.
3. Provide laptops for teachers as needed.
4. Provide student workstations in classrooms as needed.
5. Develop strategies to expand student access to technology including purchase programs.
6. Move toward state-of-the-art connectivity.

1. Maintain funding for instructional technology initiatives.
2. Provide training and support for faculty to update current courses.

1. Screen new hires for technological literacy.
2. Provide on-going staff training.
3. Prepare current faculty to teach in an online environment (technologically).
4. Train faculty in distance education methodology (pedagogically).

1. Assess computer literacy for all students.
2. Provide computer literacy courses that support student development at all levels.
3. Enforce computer literacy standards.

1. Increase opportunities for faculty to teach and students to learn through distance education.
2. Provide for equitable workload adjustments.
3. Incorporate courses from other institutions for distance delivery.
4. Provide more online degrees.

1. Review and update Guidelines as necessary.
2. Provide the most current Guidelines to all staff and students.

1. Design computer literacy requirements to encompass social, organizational, and ethical issues.
2. Encourage course development that includes social, organizational, and ethical issues regarding technology.
3. Encourage professional development activities for staff that encourage discussion of social, organizational, and ethical issues regarding technology.

1. Develop the skills in all staff and students to be aware of design implications and considerations in the development of technology systems, both within and outside the college.

Goal 2: Use technology to increase effectiveness and efficiency for both staff and students.

Objectives:

1. Provide staff and students online access to the most current software tools.
2. Encourage staff and students in the appropriate use of communication technology including voice-mail, e-mail, and other systems.
3. Maintain and support network connections in offices, learning centers, and classrooms that will support video conferencing, audio, and multimedia.
4. Use licensed software that can be downloaded from the network.
5. Increase opportunities for telecommuting, teleconferencing, and remote network access.

1. Expand self-service for students and staff both on campus and off campus.
2. Provide training that enables students and staff to access and understand information.
3. Expand information content available through the Web site, the college-wide intranet, and other systems.
4. Develop processes that support electronic business including personnel, financial, purchasing, and others, focusing on processes that are currently paper-based or that require routing, e.g. for signatures.

1. Increase training and support for staff and students on the use of hardware and software and proper systems management.
2. Increase support for technology systems and equipment including backup systems.
3. Improve and encourage coordination of resources.

1. Maintain appropriate levels of standardization of software and hardware for operational and administrative functions.
2. Strengthen departmentally-based technology support staff.
3. Centralize licensing agreements for supported software tools.
4. Involve student workers in support activities.

1. Encourage the Oregon Department of Education to streamline the process of state curriculum approval through the use of technology.
2. Use technology to enhance and expedite the college’s curriculum design and development process.
3. Ensure that the process of integrating technology into instruction is led by faculty.

1. Develop more equitable methods for allocating funds, FTE, and resources for joint cross-departmental course offerings.
2. Develop more equitable methods for allocating funds and resources for joint, cross-departmental college support services.

Goal 3: Initiate college processes to address funding, bargaining, and external issues as they relate to technology.

Objectives:

1. Evaluate total cost of technology acquisition.
2. Develop plan for maintenance.
3. Develop strategy for replacement.
4. Ensure that the implementation and use of technology is recognized as an issue for collective bargaining, as it impacts the working conditions of managers, classified staff, and faculty.

1. Look at faculty workload issues that are impacted by new technologies and new delivery systems.
2. Conduct regular job reviews to evaluate the impact of new technologies on staff job responsibilities.
3. Ensure training programs provide support for all staff to learn new technologies.

1. Develop a strategy for evaluating the cost saving of outsourcing in administrative and instructional areas.
2. Explore potential partnerships.
3. Assess the impact of federal and state requirements that may impact technology decisions at LCC.

Provide feedback to federal and state agencies on technology related issues.