TEDE committee gets new home in Blair Hall

Members of the Technology Enhanced and Delivered Education support staff will soon have a new place to call home.

Room 108 of Blair Hall was recently chosen as the space to accommodate the TEDE support staff, said Jeff Cross, associate vice president for academic affairs.

He said once the room is remodeled it will be used to help support faculty in their technology initiatives such as bringing web-based courses to campus.

“The support staff will need the facility to work in to accommodate them,” Cross said.

The staff will work on bringing more advanced technology in the classrooms, he said.

Cross expressed excitement in the enhancements that will be focused on in the room.

“It is an exciting development,” Cross said. “Faculty can concentrate on content and focus on the format they want to use on (enhancements).”

Lead time will have to be made available for furnishings and renovations to take place in the room before all the hirings are completed with the support staff and the enhancement services can effectively made available, he said.

Cross said the whole reaction with the math department has been nothing but positive. He said no one is upset over the situation.

Mathematics 1271, the course that occupied Room 108, will transfer to the Physical Science Building Friday, said Allen Davis, professor of mathematics.

“It is a pretty routine move,” he said. “(108) was not our room. It is no problem for (the class).Students (in the class) will just have to get used to walking to the Physical Science Building instead of Blair Hall.”

Davis said the Mathematics Department has had courses in a variety of buildings all over campus.

“Whatever renovations or changes they are making, they cannot have a class in there at the same time,” he said.

Two or three courses at this time meet outside of Old Main, so this is not out of the ordinary, Davis said.