Technology (13)
This category relates to the technology, both hardware and software, that an institution would provide for distance education faculty. Thirteen colleges chose to include this term in their negotiated agreements and the AAUP recommends this term for inclusion. Technology is a permissible topic for bargaining.
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Observations. The AAUP’s request that technology needs be thought out prior to the offering of distance education courses seems an obvious one. However, many colleges have adopted distance education through a very informal process. In many cases, early adopters lead the charge to adopt technology and they may already have the technology needed to be successful. It is when a campus looks to expand or more formally institutionalize its distance education offerings that more thought is needed for the provision of technology. This term may be included in contracts, but it is also frequently found institutional policy instead.