Fall+2011+Minutes

eLearning Advisory Group Meeting -- 11/18/11

In attendance: Eric Oderman, Beth Hill, Rick McKinnon, Olivia Strout, Dave Knoblach, Deb Smith, Randy Riness, Corrie Martin.


 * 1) Welcome Beth
 * 2) Open Course Library (opencourselibrary.org)
 * How to advertise/entice
 * Division meetings
 * Word of mouth
 * Video demo
 * email/link in dashboard
 * Tracking usage
 * Course code?
 * Tracking outcomes
 * Student survey at end of course
 * 1) LMS selection process
 * Timeline
 * Request for Proposals to drop W12;
 * Evaluation Winter/Spring;
 * Contract by the end of Spring
 * Participation
 * We're going to need faculty to help evaluate proposals during Winter and Spring quarters.
 * We've already had familiarity sessions with: Pearson, Bb, Sakai, Moodle (Remoter Learner and M. Rooms Joule), Canvas, McGraw Hill, Jenzabar, & D2L, so these will likely be submitting proposal. You can watch recordings of the familiarity sessions here.
 * 1) ANGEL
 * Video in ANGEL
 * Faculty can post videos in ANGEL that they would normally show in class.
 * 1) Weebly
 * Project-based usage (like libguides)
 * Weebly sites are so easy to set up, they could be created for specific projects
 * 1) Elluminate becomes Collaborate
 * Transition next quarter
 * Content will be preserved
 * User Interface will change
 * 1) Tegrity
 * Use for student projects
 * Students in ASL, and other courses, are beginning to record/share presentations with Tegrity.
 * 1) Help Desk
 * Through campus help desk (IS)
 * Bob has indicated a willingness to integrate eLearning support into the IT Help desk.
 * 1) Wikipedia website (wikipediaineducation.weebly.com)
 * A tool for designing student projects
 * 1) Discussion of a budget proposal
 * If we were faced with layoffs, how would faculty feel about shifting to a blended learning model to save on facilities costs?
 * For a 5 credit course, 2 credits delivered online
 * Would reduce amount of seat time that the college would have to schedule
 * Maybe close Fridays;
 * Maybe consolidate instruction in fewer buildings
 * Maybe not schedule courses early or late when buildings are coldest
 * Fewer car trips/parking issues
 * Questions about student motivation
 * Some courses not well suited to hybrid?
 * 1) Baby time soon!
 * Rick is out for Jan. on paternity leave
 * Eric will be main back up for ANGEL and Tegrity
 * Paul P. is proficient in Tegrity

Happy Thanksgiving!