Educational Technology Committee

The Educational Technology Committee (ETC) is advisory to the College through the Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Vice Prsident for Finance and Administration about matters pertaining to educational technology. The ETC serves as an advisory group for the Associate Provost for Library and Information Services. The Committee is the primary avenue for faculty input about policies, procedures, and operations of the Academic Information Technology unit.

Charge to the Committee

The Educational Technology Committee is a consultative group that recommends plans for incorporating technology into teaching and learning at the College at Oneonta.

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.

The Committee recommends plans and advises about the implementation of the UnCAS program.

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 membeship of the ETC from the faculty consists of

Committee chairperson and Vice Chairperson

Representatives from the following areas or departments, as appointed by the Provost in consultation with the Deans and the Associate Provost for Library and Information Services:

Sciences	Fine Arts
Social Sciences	Economics and Business
Mathematics/Computer Science	Human Ecology
Humanities	Education
2 AITS User Council representatives

Ex officio members with voting priveleges are

Provost, Vice President for Academic Affairs  Associate Provost for Library and Information Services  Provost's representative from the Deans  Director of Computer Services  Vice President for Administration and Finance  Director of Telecommunications  Vice President for Student Development

Four non-voting members representing AITS support services and the TLTC

Operating Principles

Academic members will serve for a maximum of four years. Non-voting members shall serve for two-year renewable terms. Ex-offcio 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 World Wide Web, and distributed to members and to the Vice Presidents and President..

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

The Technology Steering Committee (TSC) is a group whose function is to coordinate activities of the ETC, the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center (TLTC), Academic Information Technology Services (AITS), Administrative Computer Services, and Telecommunications. The working group of the TSC consists of the Chair and Vice-Chair of the ETC, the Associate Provost for Library and Information Services, the Director of Computer Serivces, and the Director of Telecommunications. The TSC can recommend agenda items to the ETC.