Fall+2012+Minutes

This is the Agenda for the Fall 2012 meeting of the eLearning Advisory Group at South Puget Sound Community College.

1. Update on eLearning projects:
 * Canvas -- What was originally supposed to be a robust pilot of 40 courses in Canvas has transformed in to a soft roll-out of about 90 courses. We are currently the biggest Canvas installation in the state (of schools that didn't already use Canvas). Things have gone generally well, with lots of good feedback from faculty and students. There have been issues, of course, but we've been managing them as they occur.
 * Tegrity -- 4x usage increase in the system. No major issues on our campus, although other campuses are reporting issues. There is discussion about whether their contract should be renewed, or another RFP should be initiated.
 * Collaborate
 * iPads -- suggestion that we should consider late fee/credit card on-file to insure return of devices.
 * Apple TV/Wireless -- we're going to advertise a bit more about the existence of AppleTVs to use as displays with iPads.
 * GoPro -- Beginning a project to develop a point-of-view capacity for certain departments like welding, automotive, nursing, dental, and firefighting. We're going to purchase several cameras and experiment with this.

2. Making a work plan for the year.
 * What do we want to focus on this year?


 * 1) Support services for on-line students
 * 2) Flipped classrooms (e.g. Sophia)
 * 3) Faculty Showcase
 * 4) Mobile technology and wireless

3. What's the role of Quality Matters on our campus?

Recommendations:

1. Engage in online peer review in a manner similar to F2F courses. 2. Investigate QM and ROI as a tool for use in online evaluation. 3. Schedule more frequent student evaluations in online courses. 4. Making sure course outline matches course syllabus. 5. Consider mid-term feedback from students to allow adjustments from instructor.