Disciplinary Commons Background

• History of IT at UWT
• History of interaction between CTC's and IT
  • junior/senior level as driver and wedge
  • administrative maneuverings and turf battles
  • "articulations" as administrative constructions
  • joint IT/CTC faculty meetings (2001)
  • "The Bright Line" and explicit/implicit blame
  • Faculty Fellows
  • The ITV Experiment
• History of Disciplinary Commons
  • One year in planning
  • Piloted by Qi and Josh in winter 2005
  • Presentation to joint CTC/IT faculty: release times needed
  • Funding: SBCTC, UWT, Institute, ACM/SIGCSE
  • Scheduling nightmares and participants
• The future of the Commons