The Academic IT Committee shares responsibility for advocating for, developing, implementing, and evaluating policies and practices for using technology to enhance the quality of teaching and learning across the University.

The Academic IT Committee exercises its responsibility by:

(a) Helping to develop and implement relevant aspects of the Dominican University IT Strategic Plan;

(b) Reviewing and recommending policies that relate to faculty usage and access of University information technologies in their teaching, scholarship, professional development, and participation in university life and governance;

(c) Encouraging and stimulating faculty development in the area of information technologies, with special emphasis on pedagogical implications;

(d) Serving as technology “thought leaders” among faculty across the University; stimulating innovation; and providing opportunities for discussion of emerging technologies and their potential pedagogical applications;

(e) Setting goals and priorities related to pedagogical issues for technology at the University level, and recommending action steps toward these goals;

(f) Overseeing the Online Instruction Committee (an ad hoc users group), which serves to support faculty involved in online teaching;

(g) Serving as the faculty liaison to and a subcommittee of the University IT Committee.

(According to the revised Bylaws, as passed by the Academic Councilon February 2, 2009)

Membership:

Thirteen (13) members: six (6) elected; six (6) ex officio; and the Associate CTLE Director for Teaching and Learning Technology as Chair. Six (6) members are elected by the faculty, with at least one faculty member representing each College/School. The six (6) ex officio members include: two (2) academic deans (appointed by the Office of the Provost); the Director of IT; an additional IT staff member (appointed by the Director of IT); the University Librarian; and the Director of the CTLE.

The current members of the Academic IT Committee (with ending terms in parenthese) are:

• Ken Black, Associate CTLE Director, Teaching & Learning Technologies, Chair
• Robert Calin-Jageman, at-large, Rosary College (2011)
• Norm Carroll, Brennan School of Business (2011)
• Kimberly Garrett, School of Education (2013) 
• Adrian Kok, Graduate School of Social Work (2010)
• Caroline Seitman, Library, Rosary College (2012)
• Janice Del Negro, Graduate School of Library & Information Science (2012)
• Jeff Carlson, Academic Dean (by appointment of the Provost)
• Susan Roman, Academic Dean (by appointment of the Provost)
• Jill Albin-Hill, Chief Information Officer
• Ellen Plourde, IT staff member (by appointment of Director of IT)
• Felice Maciejewski, University Librarian

Minutes

Minutes of our meetings are available with faculty login to myDU as part of the Academic Council minutes.

CONTACT ACADEMIC IT

Do you have questions for the Academic IT Committee? Something that you'd like to see implemented University-wide that is technology-based? Any concerns in general dealing with technology? Feel free to email Ken Black, Chair, Academic IT Committee at kblack@dom.edu.