Educational Technology Committee

The Educational Technology Committee (ETC) is advisory to the College through the Vice-President for Academic Affairs and the Vice-President for Finance and Administration about matters pertaining to educational technology and serves as an advisory group for the Associate Provost for Library and Information Services and the Associate Vice-President for Administration & Technology.

Charge to the Committee

• The Educational Technology Committee is the primary avenue for faculty recommendations about policies, procedures and planning related to the use of technology for teaching and learning.
• The Committee recommends standards, where appropriate, for the purchase and support of computer hardware, software, and other educational technology.
• The Committee recommends priorities for the expenditure of educational technology funds available on campus.
• Subcommittees of the committee make recommendations each year for three specific programs: the Faculty Computer Purchase Program, the TLTC Fellowship Program, and the Instructional Technology Award.

Members of the ETC represent the College at-large but also articulate to the committee the programmatic interests of the areas they are appointed to represent.

Organization and Structure

The voting membership of the ETC from the faculty consists of:

The Officers—the Committee Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, and Past Chairperson, each of whom is appointed by the Provost to serve a two-year term

Representatives from the following areas or departments, as appointed by the Provost:

Sciences	Fine Arts
Social Sciences--two	Economics and Business
Mathematics, Computer Science, & Stats	Human Ecology
Humanities	Education
2 members representing AITS users

Ex-officio members with voting privileges are:

 Non-voting Ex-officio members are:

Operating Principles

Academic members will serve for a maximum of two three-year terms. Ex-officio members are permanent members of the ETC, based on their offices. All committee appointments will be made on an academic year basis, effective from September through August.

Meetings are held biweekly, as scheduling permits, during fall and spring semesters and other times as necessary.

Seven voting members (a majority of whom must be members of the classroom teaching faculty) must be present to have a quorum.

Minutes of the meetings shall be recorded, posted on the web site, and distributed by email to Committee members.

All meetings are open to the members of the campus community.

The Technology Steering Committee (TSC) is a group whose function is to coordinate technology at the College at Oneonta. The TSC organizes the activities of the ETC and addresses issues related to Academic Information Technology Services (AITS), including the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center (TLTC), Administrative Computing Services, and Telecommunications. The TSC consists of the Chair, Vice-Chair, and past Chair of the ETC, the Associate Provost for Library and Information Services and the Associate Vice-President for Administration & Technology. Members of the TSC also attend and participate in the Student Technology Initiative Advisory Committee.