Mission

To support and encourage Bridgewater College faculty in the effective use of educational technology in the instructional mission of the College.

Goals

1. To encourage the appropriate and effective use of educational technology by faculty members in the pursuit of excellence in education.
2. To facilitate faculty members and academic departments in locating, evaluating and implementing educational technology.
3. To promote effective communication between faculty members and informational technology staff persons on campus.

Activities

1. The director will spend time interacting with faculty (in their offices, departmental meetings and other campus settings and through email and phone conversations) so as to learn what is needed with respect to educational technology issues on campus and to provide information, assistance and solutions.
2. The director will stay knowledgeable about technology that is of concern to the faculty (office productivity programs, course management software, use of the world wide web, web page authoring, computer projection technology and subject area specific software such as graphical and mathematical packages) and will assist academic departments and individual faculty members in their selection and use of software specific to their educational goals.
3. The director will serve as an advocate for faculty and keep in regular contact with the information technology staff persons on campus so that issues of concern may be dealt with effectively and efficiently.
4. The director will conduct or arrange for workshops on how to use the appropriate technologies available on campus.
5. The director will publish newsletters and will maintain the Academic Computing web pages as sources of information addressing educational technology issues on campus.
6. The director will also provide assistance and support for academic departments and individual faculty in the authoring and maintenance of departmental and course-specific web pages.

Approved by the Committee on Informational Technology: 12-Mar-01