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C. Progress Towards Achieving Board Ends and College Strategic Directions
Technological Innovation
C.1 Vision and Mission (Policy A-05) (cont’d)
Information Technology Services will work with departments throughout the College to
eliminate paper forms wherever possible by developing and substituting electronic forms
and workflows. E-commerce and electronic payment functions are being reviewed
throughout the College with a view to enhance and evolve these services to improve
productivity, meet customer requirements and comply with emerging industry standards.
The College has allocated new equipment resources for the expansion of simulation
technology within the School of Nursing. In addition, the College has increased staffing
resources within the simulation labs. These additional investments will allow more students
to access the simulation labs and reduce the need for some clinical placements (which have
become increasingly difficult to arrange for nurses and allied health science students).
Social media functionality will be integrated into the FanshaweOnline learning management
system used by faculty and students throughout the College. This will ensure that
FanshaweOnline offers enhanced collaboration and communication opportunities and takes
advantage of complementary social media products where they can add value to the
educational experience or strengthen engagement.
A comprehensive assessment of the anticipated Windows 8 Operating System is planned
upon its release in 2012. If the system performs well, planning will commence to upgrade
windows computers to ensure that the College’s computing platforms remain up to date.
To ensure that programs remain current and relevant with changing technology, equipment
upgrades are required each year. The demand always exceeds the available resources and
in the current economic environment, this situation has been exacerbated. Nevertheless, a
number of equipment upgrades are planned for the next year. A few examples include:
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New SmartBoards for classrooms and meeting rooms;
Non-critical emergency power distribution and computer server back-up;
New and replacement high-tech podiums;
Collaborative learning spaces;
Health Sciences lab equipment;
Sheet metal lab renewal; and
Virtualization and cloud computing.
Through the Equipment and Facility Package (EFP) process, new investments will also be
made during the Summer 2012 to upgrade the MAC Computer Labs in M-Building. The use
of MAC computers is essential to many of the programs within the School of Contemporary
Media and the School of Design. These investments will ensure that students are using the
latest computer technology in their programs.
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