I thoroughly enjoyed working on this artifact for EDTECH 501. It was definitely a detailed and involved assignment that really grabbed my interest. The Maturity Model Index is an evaluation tool for use in analyzing the technological maturity of an organization. The five primary filters help the user analyze an organization based on the following functions: 1) Administrative; 2) Curricular; 3) Support; 4) Connectivity; and 5) Innovation. I found that my organization, a university, ranked very strongly on many levels. I was not surprised to learn that the school ranked very well in the Support category. The policies, procedures and people in technology support at my school provide fantastic support for our staff. The combination of these three components provide the basis for a strong use of technology on my campus. See the embedded Scribd document and the linked Google spreadsheet for the full analysis.
By completing this exercise I demonstrated competence of AECT Standards 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4. My evaluation of the institution and its various resources exemplified the Resource Management component of Standard 4.2. The analysis of those areas which were a bit weak and ranked at Integrated demonstrated Problem Analysis of Standard 5.1. My use of the Maturity Model represented Criterion-Referenced Measurement as indicated in Standard 5.2. The construction of the spreadsheet and the report provided Formative and Summative Evaluation as per Standard 5.3. And, finally, the depth of knowledge acquired during the process and the production of this report provide evidence of Long-Range Planning as per Standard 5.4.
Lance McGrath: EDTECH Learning Log 
Lance,
Fascinating study! Very thorough — of course. I really found the “age” wheel interesting. The average age is not surprising but in a way it is …. Most teachers in our Division try to retire by age 55. However, our average for staff is only slightly lower than yours. With that said we are finding that many young teachers leave the profession early. One just left this month after teaching for exactly 4 months. I wonder what the college turn around rates are for young professors??
The Assessment rating make sense when you factor in the age of your professors. Our Division has everyone do their assessments (grades) on-line; no one, and I mean no one, gets out of using the system. Where you are fortunate is that students have access to their marks on-line. Our ITs cannot seem to agree on a program they consider “safe enough” to allow outside access (students and parents).
You are very fortunate to work in such a “tech” healthy environment!
Nona
P.S. I loved your “herding cats” comment. My mentor at Red Deer College always uses that expression. The expression and the example you provided is so true …
Great job Lance,
Did you find that most Instructors and Students were using technology to replace the “old way” of doing it with paper and pencil or were there places where learning was enhanced above and beyond what the traditional methods could do on their best day?
We run into the typewriter versus wordprocessor syndrome where we take all of the great tchnology and just do the same old things – just a bit more efficiently and effective.
I would love to observe an educational intstitution that, on a large scale, has truly transformed the educational process with technology and significantly enhanced student learning.
Bill