Edited by Dr. David J. Ayersman, Mary Washington College, and Dr. W. Michael Reed, New York University
formerly Journal of Research on Computing in Education

JRTE, Volume 33, Number 3, Spring 2001

Margaret L. Rice
University of Alabama

Michael T. Miller
San Jose State University

Abstract

Colleges and universities increasingly rely on technology for both business and academic operations. Technology, in the form of hardware and software, has made higher education institutions more efficient and has expanded their reach and service areas to a global marketplace. The concern during this period of increasingly pervasive technology at higher education institutions is how to develop appropriate and adequate plans that maximize said technology in both administration and teaching. One method, used on a number of college campuses, involves the formation of faculty advisory groups and, at times, using faculty senate, forum, council, or similar organizations to provide opportunities for broad-based, inclusive decision making. The current study provides a report on a Delphi survey of 29 faculty senate leaders about how faculty should be involved in planning for the use of instructional and administrative technologies.

Web Resources

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Contributors

Margaret Rice, PhD, is an assistant professor of instructional technology at the University of Alabama. Her research focuses on the integration of technology into K–12 classrooms and teacher education programs.

Michael Miller, PhD, is the associate dean of the College of Education at San Jose University. He was previously an associate professor of higher education at the University of Alabama and has also served as the director of the research and development unit in Adult and Vocational Education at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln.

Address: Dr. Margaret L. Rice, College of Education, University of Alabama, Box 870302, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487; mrice@bamaed.ua.edu.

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