Reed College

Technology Advisory Council Seminar

Friday, November 19, 1994

3:30-5:30 pm

Vollum Lounge

Format: The seminar will be facilitated by Barbara Isgur. Three Council members (Jerry Kline, Diane Brundage, Fred Crary) will take 7-10 minutes to make presentations designed to stimulate discussion among other Council members and the Reed guests.

Objective: Educate key representatives of the College about the industry perspective on enhancing the educational experience with technology and managing the associated costs.

Questions to be addressed:

1. Information technology is a very large universe. Colleges and universities must be selective about the areas that they target for technology infusion. From the perspective of your company and of the industry, where can the application of technology have the greatest impact on teaching and learning?

2. The current rate of technology evolution is staggering. How does your company, as an organization, deal with the pace of technology change? Does a college, which is traditionally slow to change, have anything to learn from these examples? What specific technological changes, relevant to higher education, do you anticipate ?

3. How do colleges, where income-earning capacity is restricted, afford what we are assuming will be the ongoing costs of equipment (procurement, replacement, and maintainance) and associated support services?

4. Can technology help a college to cut costs?