| December 27-31, 2004 |
Fletcher Jones/FITness Retreat in San Diego. Topics of discussion include: Fletcher Jones Peer Program, General FITness Program Review, End of FITness Program Symposium, George Mason University Conference, Dissemination at EDUCAUSE, E-Portfolios, WRITE, R-WIT, Transitioning the Program and upcoming semester planning. |
| October 2004 |
Educause 2004 Poster Session: Claremont McKenna College's FITNess Program Highlights: Reflection, Planning, Acting, Observing, FITness Goals. |
| October 2004 |
Educause 2004 Poster Session: Disaster Prevention and a Student Team |
| October 2004 |
Educause 2004 Pre-Conference Seminar: The Whole Is Greater Than the Parts: Models for Systemic Transformation of Teaching and Learning presented by Cynthia Humes, Ann Agee, Dee Ann Holisky, Sharon P. Pitt, and Dennis A. Trinkle.
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| September 20, 2004 |
FITness Committee Lunch meeting. First meeting of academic year. Topics of discussion include Educause Conference, Fletcher Jones Foundation grant, Fall 2004 Projects, Assessment and Results, and introduction of Kristin and Keith - new hires. |
| August 2-5, 2004 |
FITness workshops: Presentation, Online Research, Communications, Structured Documents, Data Analysis, Databases, and Ethics and Plagiarism. Attendance was exceptional - several workshops were at capacity. More than 12 Projects resulted from these workshops. |
| June 9-11, 2004 |
FITness Retreat in Newport Beach. Anne Agee from George Mason University was guest speaker. Topics of discussion include FITness in America, The Future of FIT, and, FITness Assessment. All of ETS and the FITness Committee attended. |
| May 18, 2004 |
FITness Meeting. |
| May 14, 2004 |
FIT interim narrative and financial report due to Atlantic Philanthropies. |
| May 11, 2004 |
Faculty meeting and FITness symposium. Six faculty poster sessions with three students in attendance to demonstrate projects. Faculty members, in general, were very receptive and interested. |
| April 15, 2004 |
FITness Committee Meeting. Topics include: Participation in FITness Symposium, FITness Retreat planning, future projects. |
| February 26, 2004 |
FIT Lunch with Econ Dept to determine department technology needs and to inquire about FITness impact on faculty and students. |
| February 24, 2004 |
FIT Lunch with Humanities to determine department technology needs and to inquire about FITness impact on faculty and students. |
| February 19, 2004 |
FIT Lunch with Sciences/Social Sciences to determine department technology needs and to inquire about FITness impact on faculty and students. |
| February 17, 2004 |
FIT prep meeting: Econ/Acctng/Gov to lay groundwork for lunch meeting with department. |
| February 16, 2004 |
FIT prep meeting: History, Lit, Mod Lang, ROTC, and Phil/Rel Stud to lay groundwork for lunch meeting with department. |
| February 12, 2004 |
FIT prep meeting: Math/Psych/Science to lay groundwork for lunch meeting with department. |
| February 6, 2004 |
FIT Committee Meeting. |
| December 4, 2003 |
FITness Committee meeting. Primary topics include review of Spring 2004 Projects and Assessment. |
| November 21, 2003 |
FIT lunch meeting. |
| October 17, 2003 |
FIT Committee Meeting. |
| June 20, 2003 |
Cal Tech Athenaeum – outreach on FITness; audience is the board. |
| June 12, 2003 |
Jason meets with Deepak Shimkhada, project. |
| June 6, 2003 |
FITness sponsors faculty Maple workshop. |
| May 29-31, 2003 |
FITness Retreat. The 7 FITness Goals for Claremont McKenna College are identified. Plans for next year are made. ETS Departmental support is further identified and clarified. |
| May 13, 2003 |
CMC Faculty Meeting - FITness, as the method of integrating technology into curriculum, is endorsed by CMC faculty by a unanimous vote. The FITness Committee is charged to continue its oversight. |
| May 13, 2003 |
First FITness Symposium. Held in conjunction with the last Faculty Meeting of the year, all project participants exhibited their experiences with FITness in the classroom. |
| April 1, 2003 |
Lunch meeting with Joint Sciences Department. Teaching modules proposed.
(Last departmental lunch meeting - all departments covered.) |
| March 31, 2003 |
Lunch meeting with History Department.
FITness committee meets. FITness retreat activities approved. Psychology and JSD proposals approved for Fall implementation. Symposium approved by Dean of Faculty for May 13, 2003. |
| March 27, 2003 |
Lunch meeting with Economics Department. Two FITness projects result. |
| March 11, 2003 |
Lunch meeting with Philosophy and Religious Studies Department. Better home connectivity requested. |
| Feb 17, 2003 |
Lunch meeting with Government Department. FITness assistance with Methods course proposed. |
| Jan 15, 2003 |
FITness Mid-Year Report submitted to The Atlantic Philanthropies. |
| Dec 18, 2002 |
Lunch meeting with Modern Languages. Online placement test movement placed in motion. |
| Dec 12, 2002 |
Lunch meeting with Math Department. Plans begin for Maple workshop (to be held in April). |
| Nov 21, 2002 |
Lunch meeting with Psychology Department. Module for off-loading basic statistical training proposed. |
| Nov 15, 2002 |
Lunch meeting with Literature Department. Department-wide Plagiarism program proposed. |
| Oct 30, 2002 |
South Lab at Stark Hall completed (with assistance of FITness Grant) and is extremely well received by students. |
| Oct 30, 2002 |
Lab Manager and Educational Tech (positions paid for by FITness) introduced to committee. |
| Sept 18, 2002 |
FITness Committee meets: FITness report sent to Trustees, Committee for Academic Computing now has oversight for technology issues in curriculum as Dean of Faculty’s dictum. |
| Aug 29, 2002 |
Rudimentary General Assessment tool given to incoming freshmen. |
| Aug 20, 2002 |
Mobile Labs configured for extensive use during New Student Orientation and Student Technology Assistant Team Training Camp. |
| July 1, 2002 |
Open Request for Proposal (RFP) cycle open. 7 Proposals received, 5 approved by the committee, 3 for Fall Semester implementation, 2 for Spring Semester implementation. |
| Summer, 2002 |
Following consultants’ recommendation, selections of FITness workshops and faculty support will begin, and working with faculty to tailor the FITness concepts to CMC’s unique mission. |
| May 20, 2002 |
Site visit to Northern California to meet with FITness co-author, Marcia Lynn, at U.C. Berkeley. |
| May 13, 2002 |
CAC approves the four FITness components, adds clarification to the role of reaching out to the Literature and Economics Departments, need to expand student computing resources to meet current and anticipated needs and specialized student support for specific academic programs. |
| May 13, 2002 |
FITness Committee votes to recommend concentrating on four FITness components and targeted outreach to some members of Literature and Economics Departments. |
| May 1, 2002 |
Visit with Elizabeth Daley, head of the The Atlantic Philanthropies grant for media literacy at USC. |
| Apr. 29-May 1, 2002 |
Consultants on campus. Consultants made a public presentation, met with Educational Technology Services (ETS), Information Systems and Technology (IST), the Committee for Academic Computing (CAC), Dean of the Faculty, Department chairs, students, and faculty. |
| Apr 25, 2002 |
FITness Planning Committee meeting: more discussion of assessment, finalization of the schedule for consultants, upcoming trip to Northern California. |
| Apr 23, 2002 |
Sub-committee met with Stewart Donaldson on Assessment. |
| Apr 19, 2002 |
FITness Planning Committee meeting: editing of Executive Summary; approval of students to join the Planning Committee; discussed consultant visit and assessment. |
| Apr 12, 2002 |
FITness Planning Committee meeting: discussion of FITness, packets for faculty; beginning of RFP in summer. |
| Apr 5, 2002 |
First official FITness Planning committee meeting: history and purpose of FITness Grant, discussion of site visit report, and approval of Consultant visits from Anne Agee and Dee Ann Holisky. Decision to pilot a Technology across the Curriculum approach rather than a general education requirement or single course style. |
| Mar 17-24, 2002 |
Site visits to Bowdoin College; Colby College; George Mason University; Towson University. |
| Feb 21, 2002 |
CAC voted to recommend faculty to the FITness Planning Committee, reporting to the CAC, contingent on Departmental approval. Christopher Chase, Robert Faggen, Manfred Keil, Jim Pinter-Lucke, and Jim Taylor were approved to work with Humes, Malsed and Stiffler (ex oficio). |
| Feb 11, 2002 |
CMC received confirmation from The Atlantic Philanthropies that we had received up to $1.3 million , beginning January 1, 2002. The purpose of this grant "is to develop and incorporate into Claremont McKenna's curriculum the FITness ("Fluency in Technology") approach to information technology instruction. |
| Feb 1, 2002 |
CMC received news The Atlantic Philanthropies voted to approve the application. |
| February 2001 |
A proposal is submitted to the Atlantic Philanthropies on the three-year implementation of FITness. |
| February 2000 |
WebCT is established and the server is running well.
Smart Classroom systems become fully functional in Bauer and Roberts halls.
An IST help desk is established.
A Video Production Center is created in Bauer. |
| December 1999 |
CMC President Pamela Gann charges the Committee on Academic Computing with the task of assessing the school based on the FIT report from the National Research Council saying: [It] was the one good source she had found.
Standards for student fluency in technology are improved upon.
Funding through FITness is assessed. |
| January 1998 |
Goals to establish Technological Standards for CMC students are approved by CAC.
The development of technological coursework begins.
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| November 1997 |
The Computer Advisor Committee (now the Committee for Academic Computing) is created as a steering committee for computing. |
| November 17, 1995 |
The Teaching Resource Center was established by the Faculty. |
| 1985 |
Computer Networking Facilities are drastically improved. |
| April 1984 |
The Committee on Academic Computing is established. |
