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Note: This analysis presumes a significant upgrade in the overall availability and use of communications technologies.
Essential = Currently is or soon will be an essential technology for performing ordinary tasks in an efficient and time-saving manner
Recommend = A useful and time-saving technology now or will be when more widely available
Optional = May be a useful technology and save time in some situations
| Technology | Faculty-R | Faculty-E | Faculty-CC | Staff | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telephone/ Voice Mail |
Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential |
| FAX/ FAX Broadcasting |
Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential |
| Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | |
| Desktop Computer | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential |
| World Wide Web - Use | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential |
| World Wide Web - Publishing | Recommend | Recommend | Optional | Recommend | Recommend |
| Electronic Calendar -- Group Systems | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential | Essential |
| PDAs - Hand-Held Computers | Recommend | Recommend | Recommend | Recommend | Recommend |
| Pager | Optional | Optional | Essential | Optional | Optional |
| Cellular/PCS (alpha & numeric paging) | Optional | Optional | Recommend | Optional | Optional |
| Video Conferencing/ Video Mail |
Recommend over time | Recommend over time | Recommend over time | Recommend over time | Recommend over time |
| Video Server/ Video-on-Demand |
Recommend over time | Recommend over time | Recommend over time | Recommend over time | Recommend over time |
| CD-ROM/ Digital Video Disk |
Recommend | Recommend | Recommend | Recommend | Recommend |
| Videotapes/Audiotapes | Recommend | Recommend | Recommend | Recommend | Essential |
| List Serve | Recommend | Recommend | Optional | Recommend | Recommend |