LTDC 7/17/06 – Conference call meeting notes
LTDC 7/17/06 – Conference call meeting notes
Campuses participating: Colleges – Pat, Extension – Rosemary (note taker) and Penny, Green Bay – Andy (conducted meeting), La Crosse – Jim, Oshkosh – AnnMarie, River Falls – Karen, Stout – Margy.
Meeting started at 2:04.
Executive Committee Update
The executive committee is reexamining strategic directions for LTDC. It is looking at the strengths and weaknesses of the group. The committee will send the information out to everyone before the fall conference for feedback and then present a final version at the conference.
There is a second grant program in the beginning stages. It is definitely not in final form and has many details yet to be determined. It will also will be distributed at the fall conference. It addresses some of the CR grant limitations and will fund about 10 grants of $5,000 each, as written in the current draft. Below are some of the initial criteria.
- Each proposal will be initiated and led by an LTDC rep
- It can be submitted anytime during the year for immediate review
- Most likely by a single campus, though can collaborate
- Must disseminate to other campuses and provide consultation.
- Proposals will be about a page in length, decision for funding will be in no more than a week, run a semester, followed by reports and sharing
- What will be funded (hardware ?) – still a question,
- Will all be spelled out by fall
Campus Updates
Green Bay – Looking at Course Management System – Xythos. Library integration meeting with CUWL will take place at GB tomorrow.
Extension – Rosemary – reported on Denny’s passing, WLW Fall upgrade, Breeze upgrade, and the Mediasite server
Penny – described the LI Teaching Online Project
Pat – the Colleges move is proving to be good for colleges; she is getting started with Outlook training; Colleges is still working on proposal for using iPods (with Whitewater and Milwaukee)
River Falls – Karen discussed possible changes in the IT organization for RF.
LaCrosse – will be using the software DyKnow, which controls student software and allows them to share what they are doing with others in course; are doing more testing with tablet PCs for poly-sci, music, annotating while lecturing, annotating exams, etc.; also using iTunes U for fall
Meeting ended 2:25.