Present: T.Leonard (chair), B.Glendenning, B.Krell (recorder), N.Robinson,
I.Stirling, K.Wayne, P.Zhou.
Absent: C.Faulhaber, B.Hurley, P.Iannuzzi, L.Leighton, M.Rancer, A.Ritch.
Guests: D.Sommer, P.Stark
ANNOUNCEMENTS
T.Leonard reported that campus fundraising priorities for the next 2-3
years were discussed at the October 2 Council of Deans meeting. The
Chancellor's top priorities are the Health Sciences Initiative and the East
Asian Library building.
Summer Sessions will become increasingly important as enrollment
increases. It is expected that Fall and Spring Semesters may be shortened
in the future.
Admin approved recruitment for one librarian in the Teaching Library to
replace the positions vacated by Jeanne Moje and Lisa Yesson.
A G E N D A
1. Instructional Technology --Professor Philip Stark
Professor Philip Stark chairs the campus Educational Technology Committee,
which is charged to identify educational technology needs on campus and
develop strategic implementation plans. T.Leonard invited P.Stark to
attend Cabinet and discuss his ideas on instructional technology and
e-Berkeley initiatives. Three major e-Berkeley initiatives are e-travel,
web casting of lectures, and learning management systems.
E-travel is a project of Business Administrative Services (BAS) and the
campus Travel Office. Intended to reduce paperwork and expedite
reimbursements by processing transactions online, e-travel is a top
priority e-Berkeley initiative. Detailed requirements and implementation
plans are being developed.
Webcast is a system for videotaping class lectures and making them
available online. Educational Technology Services (ETS) and Information
Systems & Technology (IST) joined forces to provide this popular service,
and this semester 13 courses and 2 labs are being webcast to students in
large introductory courses. As the webcast program grows, the Library will
collaborate more fully with ETS to provide expertise in streaming media and
metadata. As a member of the Educational Technology Committee, G.Handman
now provides expertise in streaming media, and P.Stark will invite B.Hurley
to attend the next ET committee meeting to discuss metadata. There is also
a meeting scheduled with B.Hurley, V.Edmonds, F.Beshears, and M.Grisham
(CISCO) to talk about metadata.
Effective Spring 2002, the CourseWeb system will be expanded to have more
useful websites for every course the university offers. It is hoped that
faculty will provide syllabi for most courses, and tools to make uploading
syllabi simple (e.g., by replying to email) are in development. The new
system will comply with the Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI) standards,
which will allow us to implement best-of-breed modules for new functions,
prioritized by faculty and student needs. For example, we plan to
incorporate an online gradebook that will communicate with the Registrar's
office (through e-grades) during the 2002-2003 academic year. We also plan
to support message boards, collaborative projects, and automated assessment
such as program sets and quizzes. In order to encourage faculty
participation, online systems must be easy to use and not require
significant training.
Regarding distance learning, P.Stark envisions the use of 1-unit online
course modules to help transfer students meet major requirements by
building on the course offerings at junior colleges. By refining the
articulation of courses to allow more junior college classes, supplemented
by 1-unit distance courses, to count as prerequisites, more transfer
students can complete UCB degrees on time, which will help the university
better manage the influx of expanded enrollment and serve the interests of
California.
2. Organizational Development Update --Deborah Sommer
D.Sommer presented Cabinet with an overview of the Org Dev package of
initiatives. In-progress items included the second job stress/satisfaction
survey, the professional development/training needs assessment, and the
draft policy on release time for on-the-job training. Nine additional
proposed initiatives completed the 2001/2002 package. Debby will prepare a
time line of events for Cabinet's review at next week's meeting. Cabinet
will also review the draft policy on release time on November 1, before it
goes to Roundtable on November 8.