I’ve decided to take the quiz before watching lectures, then I will work on making adjustments after watching a lecture based upon what I’ve learned
MOOC on Game Theory
Haven’t started this, yet. Starting to wonder if I should unenroll and try later.
May have bitten off more than I can chew right now
MOOC on Personal Finance starts 1/14/13
I originally signed up for this course then unenrolled. But I’m interested in what this course entails. It almost seems like advice you would get from a financial planner. It would be interesting to see these type of self-help courses become more ubiquitous.
Attended Educational Gaming Brownbag on Bagdes by Brett Bixler
Spring ’13 revisions/developments
IST 230 (Newcomer)
Larry says that he will take a look and let us know
IST 420 (Ocker)
Have readings for the course & need to get someone to create pdf’s – delegated this to Audrey
Double checked to make sure this was okay with Amy G, & it was
Course Committees
Attended IST 210 on 1/22
Attended IST 220 on 1/24
Spring ’13 Courses
IST 210 – Note from IT about making sure students know how to login to database for the course. The wording is already in the labs.
Sec 001 (Gary)
Note from Gary that Elluminate Live is now Blackboard Collaborate.
Didn’t hear this from WC.
Need to update info in the course. Placed a reminder on my calendar to do next week
Sec 003 (Marc)
Several requests to update grammar on assessments
Updated lab
Met f2f to take care of issues
IST 220 –
Secs 003 and 004 (Hyunjeong)
request to provide accomodations.
did this for one assessment and provided video
All Sections
working through labs that Nick is reworking
IST 230
Sec 001
Worked through an issue with Blackboard Collaborate
IST 402 TIE-
Sec 001
Tested scoring rubrics and sent request to WC Helpdesk to see if this needs to be pushed to ANGEL Support
Reply mentioned that Rubrics or Scoring rubrics most likely work independently but Supplementaly may work with the other options.
Ongoing Projects:
Amy S editted google spreadsheet for Summer ’13
Immediate Decisions / Issues:
None
Back Burner:
Important Dates:
Jan 1 Holiday
MOOC Jan 4 – March 15 called Introduction to Genetics and Evolution
MOOC Jan 7 – Feb 11 called Game Theory
MOOC Jan 14 – Mar 4 called Fundamentals of Personal Finance
Jan 7 WAH in AM
Jan 8 Dental Appt (3 h)
Jan 14 Dr. Appt (2 h)
Jan 17 Family Sick in AM – 4h
Jan 18 Vacation Time – 8 h
Jan 21 WAH
Jan 21 Family Sick – 1h
Jan 23 Education Gaming Brown Bag: Badges? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Badges!
Jan 23 Family Sick 1h
Jan 24 Family Sick – 2h
Jan 25 WAH in AM
Jan 25 Vacation Time – 5.5 h
Jan 28 Family Sick Time – 1.5 h
Jan 31 WAH all day
Feb 4-6 EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting in Denver, CO
Received a note about getting a certificate from the course. There is a pricing structure for the course for more heightened certification. Guess this is how these free courses are eventually going to run.
Plan to watch the next round of videos and take the first graded assessment this week.
MOOC on Game Theory
Received note that we are now allowed to take the first assessment up to 50 X only for the first one. Not really sure that the authors of the course are really thinking about why people are interested in the course. Why put up artificial barriers?
MOOC on Personal Finance starts 1/14/13
I originally signed up for this course then unenrolled. But I’m interested in what this course entails. It almost seems like advice you would get from a financial planner. It would be interesting to see these type of self-help courses become more ubiquitous.
Met with Stephanie Vasko about MOOC’s on 1/15
Spring ’13 revisions/developments
IST 230 (Newcomer)
Greg provided update and sent a note to Larry to check out the truth tables so we can add to the course
IST 420 (Ocker)
Have readings for the course & need to get someone to create pdf’s – delegated this to Audrey
Double checked to make sure this was okay with Amy G, & it was
Spring ’13 Courses
IST 110
Sec 006 (Mary L)
Worked on making accommodations for a student
IST 210 – Sent updated course roster to IST Helpdesk on 1/17
Sec 001 (Gary)
Made the following screenr as a way to show how to add an item to the Communicate tab: http://screenr.com/bxm7
Sent note to Gary about the course which appeased him a bit. Plan to talk 1/15
Sec 003 (Marc)
Asked about whether the student questionnaire was allowed to be updated by Marc
Replied that it was
Followed up with question about what items were in need of fixing as referenced by Marc’s note of “tons of mistakes”
The item that needs to be edited is the Flix2You Document
IST 220 – Sent updated rosters to John F on 1/17
Secs 003 and 004 (Hyunjeong)
Note from Hyunjeong about prezi of overview of the course not being visible
Fixed and mentioned that student should check with helpdesk if not able to view at this point
Received note from Hyunjeong that a student was not able to install Wireshark on Windows 8
Also sent out a note to all instructors to make sure that we handle this
All Sections
Dialogue about the future of the course
Looks like Nick G is going to take a lead in the course in getting the course back to VHOL and updating the content based upon working with John F and the course committee
IST 230
Call from Larry about using materials from the textbook
Reassured him that it was
Larry plans to give the editor a go again in firefox and give me an update
IST 250
John sent me a note about milestones showing up in the course
Check this in the report tab & decided to clear milestones
Took jing image of the milestones from one student
Went through the course to find items
Clicked settings and went to assignment tab and changed to None
IST 331
Sec 001
Note from Bill about allowing the rubric to be seen by students
Reassured him that it was fine & that he should feel free to enable this setting
Question by Marcela on a residence course about adding images to essay questions. Made the following screenr: http://screenr.com/w2R7
IST 402 TIE-
Sec 001
Amy and David are completing items from the todo list
Received note from David about code in discussion forum that was not working. I have fixed this several times and even noted this in the development section. Sent a response to David but still don’t see anything changed or if he addressed the issue with the student.
Updated the section and let David know
Meeting planned for next week to test a few things in the course
Ongoing Projects:
Created google spreadsheet for Summer ’13
Immediate Decisions / Issues:
None
Back Burner:
Important Dates:
Jan 1 Holiday
MOOC Jan 4 – March 15 called Introduction to Genetics and Evolution
MOOC Jan 7 – Feb 11 called Game Theory
Jan 7 WAH in AM
Jan 8 Dental Appt (3 h)
Jan 14 Dr. Appt (2 h)
Jan 17 Family Sick in AM – 4h
Jan 18 Vacation Time – 8 h
Jan 21 WAH
Jan 21 Family Sick – 1h
Jan 23 Education Gaming Brown Bag: Badges? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Badges!
Jan 24 Family Sick – 2h
Jan 25 WAH in AM
Jan 25 Vacation Time – 5.5 h
Jan 28 Family Sick Time – 1.5 h
Jan 31 WAH all day
Feb 4-6 EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting in Denver, CO
1st quiz came open on 1/7. I tried it on 1/8 to find that it is a practice exam that is not graded.
Started MOOC on Game Theory on 1/7
Really liked the simulation about packet switching
There were two choices – C (correct implementation) & D (defective implementation). Since there are two players, there are four outcomes
CC – 1 ms delay for both
CD – 4 ms delay for C, no delay for D
DC – no delay for D, 4 ms delay for C
DD – 3 ms delay for both
Found out later that based upon the Nash Equilibrium that the best choice was to choose defective. This is mostly because if you choose correct there are two ways that maximize your delay time
There were several other simulations that are working as data collection/research to teach the principles of Nash-Equilibrium. These simulations are great. It seems like a win-win to me because they get data for research and the students get a chance to practice problems by doing many examples. The discussion interface integration is great too.
The content videos are okay. One of the presenters gets my attention while the other two are just so/so. There are some places where they check for understanding, but there are only a couple of questions and nothing pointing me back to previous content or helping to remediate my understanding. I think that the only way to improve my understanding is to get the optional text or have study sessions with others who are taking the course. I’m really not even sure that the videos help at all. It would be better to have a large bank of questions that would allow for more practice and feedback.
Took the first quiz and got an 80%. Felt like several questions weren’t correct. No immediate feedback, and only 1 attempt allowed. Definitely a losing proposition for me. Even if I get a certificate, I’d rather learn more by receiving direct feedback. The way this course is starting is making feel like it’s holding on to too many concepts of higher ed (high stakes assessment, no immediate feedback, etc.) that drive many away from pursuing a higher degree. Update: allowed to take the quiz a second time b/c of confusion. Without immediate feedback on what I’m missing, it’s not really that helpful. Raised grade to 83%.
Spring ’13 revisions/developments
IST 230 (Newcomer)
Greg provided update and is looking good to send to Larry soon
IST 420 (Ocker)
Have readings for the course & need to get someone to create pdf’s – delegated this to Audrey
Double checked to make sure this was okay with Amy G, & it was
Spring ’13 Courses
IST 110
Sec 006 (Mary L)
Contacted by Rob about a wc link that no longer worked. Updated in all 4 sections and dev section
Contacted by Mary about a student with disabilities
Will need to make accommodations
Set up team to make accommodations
Received note from Mary about checking into student who couldn’t see the course. Checked ANGEL roster and drop/add under Manage and provided information and to check with helpdesk if there were still difficulties
IST 210 – Sent out roster to IST Helpdesk on 12/7; received note on 1/3 that the db had been set up; sent update to helpdesk for roster on 1/4 and received a note back on the same day; updated all sections upon Fred request
Dev Section was updated based upon updates made for Spring ’13
Sec 001 (Gary) Sent request to add DF to Communicate tab so that students could subscribe to them. I thought this was possible under Lessons tab. But that is only for course editors, not students
Sec 002 (Fred)
Asked about international version being okay
Gary responded that it was not okay based upon his experience
Sec 003 (Marc)
Asked to be included in other sections as a way to have someone to model
Gary and Fred both were okay with this
Good questions about schedule that were updated
IST 220 – Sent out roster to IST Helpdesk on 12/7
Secs 003 and 004 (Hyunjeong)
Note from Hyunjeong about how to add a youtube link
Had trouble losing a video because instructor used doc view of wizzy wig to make an edit. Found that while firefox and chrome have the code for videos, ie does not.
Helped Rosalie to update java on screenr. Had to download and install java and restart computer for it to work in safari
IST 302
Sec 001 – Clark
Received call from WC Helpdesk about two items that needed to be fixed in the Before You Begin folder – completed and set note by to helpdesk within 15 min
IST 331
Sec 001
Made several updates over the weekend
IST 402 TIE-
Sec 001
Worked through a few issues
Meeting on Friday about Cmaps with David, Amy G, and Roy
Amy and David are doing most of the action items
Ongoing Projects:
Updated google spreadsheet for Spring ’13
Immediate Decisions / Issues:
None
Back Burner:
Gaming, Simulations, and Virtual World Research Committee
Important Dates:
Jan 1 Holiday
MOOC Jan 4 – March 15 called Introduction to Genetics and Evolution
MOOC Jan 7 – Feb 11 called Game Theory
Jan 2: 2 hours vacation time
Jan 7 WAH in AM
Jan 8 Dental Appt (3 h)
Jan 14 Dr. Appt (2 h)
Jan 17 WAH in AM
Jan 18 Vacation Time – 8 h
Jan 21 WAH in AM
Jan 23 Education Gaming Brown Bag: Badges? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Badges!
Jan 25 WAH in AM
Jan 25 Vacation Time – 5.5 h
Jan 23: Educational Brownbag about Badges
Jan 31 WAH all day
Feb 4-6 EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting in Denver, CO
Received a request from Abbi about needing peer eval data
Gave him access
Surprised that he hadn’t checked this earlier, especially b/c the 1st peer eval was due long ago
Fall ’12 revisions/developments
IST 230 (Newcomer)
Greg is still working on app
Near completion
IST 420 (Ocker)
Have readings for the course & need to get someone to create pdf’s – delegated this to Audrey
Double checked to make sure this was okay with Amy G, & it was
IST 402 (Saab)
Sent note to David responded on 12/20 after Amy S follow up
Copied course into Spring ’13 space for David to update
Spring ’13 Course Prep – Mapped out on my outlook calendar courses to work on so that I’m done by the first week in December. Going to be difficult since we have to go 1 section at a time. Plan has been in motion and seems to be working well. I finishe up the population of the sites early in the week. Then I contact the next courses instructors to start other courses. Prepped a bunch of emails to send out on Monday.
IST 110
Sec 001 (Mahar)
Contacted on 9/27
Will use section 002 to populate
Received a note that is causing me to delay
Completed setting up my end of the course on 10/1
Finished setting up peer evals for Spring ’13 on 1/3
After notifying Jan, she had several items that I’ve talked about with her before that she needed me to do
Sec 005 (Mike M) – Cancelled sections 2-4 and made 5-7
Contacted 9/27
Will use dev section to populate
Completed on 10/25 and sent out note to Mike
Sec 006 (Mary L)
Told about this by Amy S on 9/27
Added Mary L on 10/1 to dev section
Will use dev section to populate
Received note from Mary. I replied to let her know more specifics about online courses
Saw that section is in ANGEL on 12/3
Populated and contacted Mary L
Sec 007 (Jim F)
Contacted 9/27
Met Jim this week f2f on 10/9 to give him some background
Will use dev section to populate
Amy S is capping section 006 at 20 and will open Sec 7
Corresponded with Jim several times and expect him to do a great job
Populated section and met again with Jim
IST 111S
Sec 001
Contacted Deirdre
She said to move Fall ’12 materials
Received note from Deirdre and made final adjustments
IST 210 – Sent out roster to IST Helpdesk on 12/7; received note on 1/3 that the db had been set up; sent update to helpdesk for roster on 1/4 and received a note back on the same day; updated all sections upon Fred request
Sec 001 (Gary)
Contacted on 10/2 about the course
Completed setting up the Spring ’13 course space
Completed setting up evals on 1/2
Updated a few txt files in all three sections & dev space based upon Gary updates
Sec 002 (Fred)
Contacted on 10/2 about the course
Received note from Amy S that I would be getting this course soon
Completed setting up the Spring ’13 course space on 11/8
Sent Fred an email
Completed setting up peer eval on 1/2
Received note about wanting to do away with presentation of final project
Fred plans to update project and send me the file.
Sec 003 (Marc)
Contacted Marc on 12/13
Completed setting up the Spring ’13 course space on 12/13
Met with Marc on Monday 12/17 to get him up to speed. He sounds prepared to do an excellent job
Set up peer evals on 1/2
IST 220 – Sent out roster to IST Helpdesk on 12/7
Secs 001 and 002 (Mike)
Contacted on 10/3 about the course
Completed setting up both sections for Spring ’13
Set up peer evals on 1/3
Secs 003 and 004 (Hyunjeong)
Contacted on 10/3 about the course
Found out from Amy S that the 3rd section is open but I don’t see it on my profile. Alice S put me in the course.
Completed setting up section 003 on 11/9 and sent out a note to Dr. Lee
Completed setting up section 004 on 11/16 and sent out a note to Dr. Lee
Met on 11/20
Dr. Lee wants to make quite a few changes
eliminate unit assessments to make chapter ones
elimate chapter review questions
change team project to focus on smaller deliverable at the beginning
possibly merge sections – she asked this to be done, so I completed on 11/28 and populated with materials from section 003 as she requested
contacted John B on 11/28 about the merge
Sent Dr. Lee a note summarizing everything and letting her know my upcoming schedule. Personally, I think that what she’s proposing is too much to do in such a short window. But it’s her decision to make changes. As long as she can pull it off, it’s her decision to make.
Set up peer evals on 1/3
Sec 005 (Nick)
Contacted Nick on 12/13
Completed setting up the course on 12/13
Have had several conversations about course. He sounds prepared to do a great job
Set up peer evals on 1/3
IST 230
Sec 001
Contacted Larry, & he will populate his section
Had to merge 2 sections since there had been a change in instructors from 2 to 1.
Contacted Larry and Buck
Followed up with Larry on 12/11 about setting up course
He said he’d let me know if he needed anything
IST 240
Sec 001 (Fred F)
Contacted 9/27
Will use dev section to populate
Walked Fred through the course in the dev section on 10/1
Populated course on 10/1
Sent note to both Fred and Hal to follow up
Contacted by Fred about adjusting syllabus. Redirected since it sounds like this is an unnecessary comstomization to the syllabus. Agreed by Fred and Hal
Sec 002 (Hal S)
Contacted 9/27
Populated course on 10/17
IST 250
Sec 001
Populated on 10/22
Met with John on 11/2 to finalize
Realized that grading had to be pulled into the Lessons tab to keep the course flexible
Made a note to update the syllabus after Fall ’12 is over to make adjustment to syllabus wording
CE Sections
Have been corresponding with Irina Pesin and Greg O’Toole about their courses for the past several weeks
Pesin’s course cancelled and O’Toole said he’s fine
IST 260W
Sec 001
Sent note to Jason L on 11/2 to let him know that I’d be populating his section on Monday 11/5. He replied immediately to say that he was okay with it.
Completed populating the section on 11/2 and sent Jason a note
IST 295A
Sec 001
Populated based upon Spring ’12
Sent note to Lisa B on 10/22
Followed up on 12/12. Lisa B responded that she could take it from here.
Set up peer evals on 1/3
IST 295B
Sec 001
Note from Amy S on 12/12 that this needed to be added
Saw course in my profile on 12/13 and completed setting it up based upon feedback from Madhavi for 495
IST 301
Sec 001 – Ocker
Rosalie will take care of this & update so that I can populate Sec 002
Completed on 12/6
Sec 002 – Jan M
Note from Amy on 11/27
Answer to question from Jan
Populated and set up on 12/6 and sent note
Got return notes about items that needed, most of which would have been gotten by someone more resourceful
Not looking forward to all of the requests
Set up peer eval on 1/3 and sent out note about her preference. She chose google docs since the other option would have taken too long to decide on
IST 302
Sec 001
Populated course with materials from Spring ’12 on 10/16
Set up peer evals on 1/3
IST 331
Sec 001
Completed populating the section on 11/6
Follow up meeting with instructor for 11/13 at pre-convocation
Received requests on 1/4
IST 402 TIE-
Sec 001
Copied course into Spring ’13 space after okay from David on 12/20
He plans to update for the opening of the semester
IST 421
Sec 001
Populated course by following plan that John and I worked out last Friday on 10/15
Asked by John H to changing naming convention on 11/12. Did a find and replace & notified him
John plans to set up his own peer evals for the semester with his ta
IST 440W – Filled up quickly, so opening a second section – correction, instructor is at max pay
Sec 001
Completed populating the section on 11/7
Sent note to Jim
IST 495
Sec 001
Populated the course based upon the Fall ’12 version and notified Madhavi
Ongoing Projects:
Updated google spreadsheet for Spring ’13
Immediate Decisions / Issues:
None
Back Burner:
Gaming, Simulations, and Virtual World Research Committee
Important Dates:
Jan 1 Holiday
MOOC Jan 4 – March 15 called Introduction to Genetics and Evolution
MOOC Jan 7 – Feb 11 called Game Theory
Jan 2: 2 hours vacation time
Jan 7 WAH in AM
Jan 17 WAH in AM
Jan 18 Vacation Time – 8 h
Jan 21 WAH in AM
Jan 23 Education Gaming Brown Bag: Badges? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Badges!
Jan 25 WAH in AM
Jan 25 Vacation Time – 5.5 h
Jan 23: Educational Brownbag about Badges
Jan 31 WAH all day
Feb 4-6 EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting in Denver, CO
