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 These pages are no longer updated but are preserved as valuable reference material.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, core values and strategic directions. 

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

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, TACT has adopted the term "unit" to mean the ET, division, branch, department, team, committee, group, project.

Technology use will:

• enhance human potential; 
• support expanding access to educational and information services; 
• be grounded in an awareness of social, organizational, legal, and ethical issues; and 
• maintain, support and respect the privacy or other rights of individuals.

Technology planning will:

• 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 at all levels and within all units; and
• at the unit level, be accomplished in the context of college-wide planning.

Technology resource decisions will:

• 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; 
• enhance staff efficiency and effectiveness;
• maximize student access to technology;
• 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.