In order to provide quality education to enrolled students, UCI
must provide all faculty and students with a set of reliable,
basic, and pervasive capabilities for electronic communication,
access to electronic information, and access to academic computing
services.
(Inter)Personal Electronic Communication
A successful university must provide
electronic communication capability between and among faculty
and students, including course-centered communication capabilities.
Faculty need convenient and effective mechanisms to communicate
individually and collectively with students enrolled in their
courses. Students need a convenient mechanism to communicate with
other students.
World-Wide Web Access
Access to information in electronic
form is a second essential capability provided by the University
to all faculty and students. UCI must provide access to the Internet
for all faculty and students and provide selected information
locally.
Heterogeneous Environment
UCI has a distributed, heterogeneous
computer environment. Therefore, the provision and support of
computer access and use are a shared responsibility of all academic
units and other units that directly support instruction.
Academic Content vs. Infrastructure
It is appropriate to separate the issues related to an electronic
infrastructure from issues related to the content of electronic
communication. The guiding principles in this document address
only the electronic infrastructure. The selection and use of academic
content are the responsibility of faculty, subject only to broad
guidelines about legal constraints and appropriate use (e.g.,
copyright and nondiscrimination).
Basic vs. Advanced Services
Reliable and basic services
for all faculty and students are more important than advanced
services for a few. Electronic educational activities require
a reasonable expectation that every instructor and all students
in their courses can participate in electronic communication and
have access to information in electronic form. Some faculty and
students need support for more advanced educational activities
utilizing computing and communication technology.
Universal Access
UCInetID
Educational Access (EA) accounts
Campus E-mail Directory and Delivery
Ubiquitous Access on Campus
Off-Campus Access
Computer Mediated Communication
Individual and Course-Centered E-Mail
Course-Centered Communication
Consistent Communication Mechanisms
Software Applications
Communications
Individual Productivity Tools
Discipline-Specific Tools
Ubiquitous vs Localized Access
Information Resources and Electronic Services
Registrar Services
Insitutional Information
Standard Reference Materials
Internet as a Library
Course-Specific Resources
Print Services
Training and/vs Support
Just In Case vs Just In Time
Where and What
Audience and Context
Campus-Wide Management and Coordination
Full/Leveraged Utilization of Campus Investments