Student Success and Opportunity
Initiative 1: Address student success in course work
- Step 1: Raise our Standard in Training for Teaching with Technology
- Step 1.1: Strengthen the Instructor Handbook to include technology resources to be applied in classes
- Step 1.2: Incorporate more technology training in the Associate Faculty training course
- Step 1.3: Promote teaching through the implementation of technology throughout the curriculum
Initiative 2: Engage LIS in undergraduate teaching
Initiative 3: Ensure accessibility of our output
Initiative 4: Address equity and inclusion issues exacerbated by technology
- Step 1: Incorporate awareness of technology bias in courses
- Step 2: Ensure equitable access for students to all course technologies
Initiative 5: Implement technology in courses
- Step 1: Monitor student adherences to Program Goal #7 (Innovate Professional Practice with Information Services and Technology) via data pulled from Canvas course mappings
- Step 2: Review existing courses considered “technology courses” and revise or propose new courses (e.g., Python programming)
- Step 3: Add required technology electives for specializations
Initiative 6: Optimize opportunities for technology in teaching and research
Initiative 7: Draw upon the strengths of our socio-technical discipline to address societal goals
- Step 1: Seek community engagement opportunities in technology
- Step 2: Address emerging and future needs in technology
Initiative 8: Ensure all faculty maintain technical competence
- Step 1: Increase professional development opportunities in technology training
- Step 2: Offer emerging technology info sessions and workshops
- Step 3: Provide departmental technology resources
Initiative 9: Maintain awareness of our technology holdings
- Step 1: Create an inventory of what technology we are using in classes
- Step 2: Create a wish-list for technology we would like to use in classes
Initiative 10: Foster real-word relativity with our discipline
- Step 1: Review our contributions to our world
- Step 1.1: Consider societal impact for good and bad via the technologies we promote (e.g., generative AI)
- Step 1.2: Build our reputation as leaders in socio-technical topics
- Step 1.3: Evaluate our student’s career preparedness in technology
- Step 2: Consider international collaborations
- Step 2.1: Promote more global classroom opportunities via our existing technology
- Step 2.2: Integrate real-world technology issues in coursework
- Step 2.3: Seek international collaboration in research relevant to technology
Initiative 11: Contribute to our school
- Step 1: Raise our status in IUI Luddy
- Step 1.1: Communicate with other programs on a regular basis concerning collaboration on technology
- Step 1.2: Create paths where LIS students can benefit from technology courses offered by other programs
- Step 1.3: Develop courses with cross-program relevance in mind
- Step 1.4: Promote more non-LIS enrollment in our course offerings
- Step 2: Invest in resources
- Step 2.1: Establish technology resources for our online students (i.e., virtual labs)
- Step 2.2: Encourage cross-program investment in technology investments (i.e., server access)