Communications Committee Minutes - 12/10/07
Comments(0) LTDC Communications Committee
December 10, 2007 – 10:00 a.m.
Teleconference
Members present: Jim Jorstad, Karen Ryan, Penny Ralston-Berg, and Pat Fellows. Carol Turner had a meeting conflict.
The question we addressed during the meeting was: “How do we explain to the world what the LTDC does?” We also talked about how to share our success stories more effectively.
• On the campuses they don’t know who we are, so how can we address this issue?
o Communications with Provosts as to what we are doing
o Emails to instructors, administrators, IT staff
o Utilize our D2L Portals
o Have a link or even a small banner or widget on the campus website at various times during the year re. the LTDC
o Newsletters – possibly created in HTML and emailed to instructors and others as mentioned above
o Print information
o Bi-Yearly communication of what the LTDC is doing
• How can we be more visible with UW System groups?
o Create a closer tie with OPID on our campuses and as a whole group
o Be more visible at the UW System Joint Meetings (ITMS, EMTC, CUWL, CWCW, etc.)
Possible poster session at a reception after dinner at Green Lake?
• How can the LTDC members share what is happening on their respective campuses in more depth and detail?
o Passport to Technology – UW LaCrosse conference for faculty in January
o An online conference for UW System instructors, instructional designers, support staff
o Follow UW Madison’s Academic Technology model of WLW sessions one Friday a month
Offer our own two weeks later at the same time….
Have some of our instructors participate in Madison’s program (a UW Colleges faculty member has done this)
Action Steps for February meeting:
• Jim – work on how to better keep Provosts informed
• Penny – Create a Wiki for the Communications Committee
• Pat – Talk to UW System Joint Conference chair to begin plans for stronger LTDC presence
• Karen – Create a Template for LTDC’s and OPID to use on campus to promote the campus LTDC’s.
• Pat and Carol (?) – talk about how the LTDC can partner with Carol’s department to provide more visibility of what instructors across the state are doing that is innovative.
Next meeting: 2nd week of February, 2008