Faculty Association Committee Minutes

Faculty Association	2004-2005

Minutes of Meeting
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE
Monday, September 20, 2004
10:00 AM @ Faculty Enhancement Conference Room

Present:

Russell Mays (Chair); Jace Hargis (Director, Office of Faulty Enhancement);
Krista Paulsen (Secretary); JoAnn Nolin (Vice Chair); Steve Paulson; Sanjay Ahuja; Mina Baliamoune-Lutz. Cynthia Jordan was not present.

Meeting called to order at 10:05 AM

Agenda Items:

1.	Welcome from Chair Mays and thanks for service

2.	Introductions of OFE/CIRT staff: Deb Miller, Erin Soles and David Wilson

3.	Mays notes that the office of Faculty Enhancement (OFE) and Center for Instruction and Research Technology (CIRT) have merged and as such the new Mission includes both departments.

4.	Jace Hargis distributes and reviews charge from to the Faculty Enhancement Committee (FEC) from Faculty Association; notes that OFE/CIRT services are also extended to Teaching Assistants and Doctoral Candidates. JoAnn Nolin asks about the role of the FEC in reviewing summer teaching grants. Hargis explains that FEC will continue this task, and shares that the Research Committee uses a successful model for reviewing. Mina Baliamoune-Lutz indicates that she is on that committee.

5.	Hargis distributes a copy of OFE/CIRT Mission Statement and services. Mays notes that a panel making presentation at New Faculty Orientation universally praised OFE/CIRT for their assistance. Hargis reminds group of new faculty happy hours every other Friday.

6.	Discussion and distribution of Fall OFE/CIRT workshop schedule (also available online at http://www.unf.edu/dept/cirt/workshops/events.html). Hargis asks FEC for assistance in publicizing events, especially Writing Workshop, Mini-Conference, and Assessment Conference (with Doug Eder).

7.	Names, expertise and office hours of OFE/CIRT Faculty Fellows are now available and posted at http://www.unf.edu/dept/ofe/faculty_fellows/index.html.

8.	Mays discusses goals for the year. These center on marketing OFE/CIRT services and assessing faculty needs for future programming. FEC should review and comment on Draft Marketing Plan. While low attendance at these types of events is common among other institutions as well as at UNF, OFE/CIRT aims to increase attendance to 25-30 participants per workshop. Nolin asks about the possibility of college-specific programs, and FEC supports pursuing consideration of this possibility. Mays encourages FEC to work on "internal marketing," encouraging participation through colleges/departments via email communication (Hargis notes that based on surveys, email and word of mouth are most successful marketing strategies for OFE/CIRT programs). Second goal of Needs Assessment would establish demands upon which to base OFE/CIRT offerings. Hargis noted that while OFE/CIRT had conducted needs assessment in the past, a new instrument would be the best approach. Suggestions for future programming included department-specific workshops, more workshops on outcomes assessment and accreditation, active workshops in which faculty would bring a work-in-progress (syllabus, etc.), and discussion sessions on timely topics. Timing of offerings should be considered in all cases.

9.	Hargis discussed OFE/CIRT's and ITS's work to evaluate and promote technologies including handhelds, flash drives, and the like.

10.	Issue has arisen regarding the possibility of occupying the space in Building 10 once DSRT relocates in 12-18 months. Hargis indicated that many institutions our size (including Utah State University) offer a drop-off service for production of teaching and research related materials. FEC generally supportive of this, and will gauge support among faculty. Hargis will develop a model from other university teaching and learning centers and proposes which services can be offered through OFE/CIRT and submits to FEC members so they can have the information at hand when speaking to others. Preferences are to be communicated to Academic Affairs (Bill Wilson).

11.	Next meeting to be held Monday, October 18 from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

Meeting adjourned at 11:00 a.m.

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