2001

Group members:
Ken Abernethy, Prof. of CS and Director of the Rushing Center for Advanced Technology, Furman University
Glenda Carl, Assoc. Professor of French and Latin, Southwestern University
James Dunkly, Head, Lib. of the School of Theology and Assoc. Librarian, University of the South
Jim Elmborg, Information Technology Librarian, Furman University
Britt Anne Johnsen, Public Services Librarian, Hendrix College
Bob Paver, Assoc. VP of Information Technology Services, Southwestern University
Mary Ellen Pitts, Asst. Professor of English, Rhodes College
Mark D. Schlatter, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Centenary College
Ross Scaife, Assoc. Prof. of Classics, University of Kentucky
Lee Stevens Reference Librarian, University of Richmond
Cassandra Van Buren, Asst. Prof., Multimedia and Emerging Communication Technologies, Trinity University

Report submitted by: Jim Elmborg, Information Technology Librarian, Furman University

1) We felt the ACS could provide a group of faculty members who would be able to demonstrate effective integration of technology into their classes. These faculty would make themselves available for visits to campuses to serve as consultants. They would do presentations at "tech fairs", and ACS schools could assemble groups of these presenters in ways that would make sense to them. The groupings could be departmental, or by technology, or by whatever means the clients schools decided.

2) We also felt that ACS could compile a web-based repository of best-practice examples. This repository would provide a place for faculty to share their experiments with technology, and perhaps even do online collaboration by inviting others to contribute to their projects. This resource might be developed along the open source model, even though it would require some level of peer review procedure (provided by ACS). This repository might be the place to advertise the tech-fair presenters (see #1 above), but it would go beyond that by serving as a place where these practioners--as well as others--could post their materials. The postings could range from simple modules/examples all the way to complete course materials.