The Networked Committee: Opening the Field to Find Better Solutions for Technology in Education

NYU’s Future of Technology Enhanced Education Committee (FTEE) is charged with guiding the University’s use of technology to support its academic mission and further its commitment to innovation in teaching, learning, and research. Working with FTEE, whose membership includes a diverse group of faculty and staff from each school within the university as well as the Faculty Senators Council, the Capstone Team analyzed how a university-wide committee with a broad directive might best utilize its resources for more effective decision-making. The team examined theories of change and measures of success, as well as compared methods of other university-wide initiatives for identifying and engaging previously untapped experts and increasing buy-in from the community. This project aims to increase the value of participation in broadly defined decision-making and is intended to be transferable to multiple platforms and contexts. Conclusions gathered by the FTEE Committee, in conjunction with Capstone project results, will be used to help inform formal recommendations submitted to the university in the committee’s final report.