Deafblind Curriculum/Structure Meeting

Leslie Demmert, Kent Matsueda, Ed Donovan, Carmen Herschell, Nan Rodgers, and Shubha KashyapDiscuss the details and management of the Low Incidence Instruction CE Certificate and get information from Nan/CE on the curriculum and structure of the programTypical Participant: K-21 (K-9)…

Leslie Demmert, Kent Matsueda, Ed Donovan, Carmen Herschell, Nan Rodgers, and Shubha Kashyap

Discuss the details and management of the Low Incidence Instruction CE Certificate and get information from Nan/CE on the curriculum and structure of the program

Typical Participant: K-21 (K-9) teachers and possibly their paired para-professional (verify this)

What are the course titles going to be?
Leslie will be sharing a draft of the “Certificate Proposal”

Have the instructors already been chosen?
guest presenters have been identified, but not confirmed
course 2 – two instructors
one lead course: Nan and Victor
weeks 1-3 person x
weeks 4-6 person y, etc.

What is their experience teaching online courses?
Can we get them into OL2000
request syllabus from course 1

video??? QTSS or Flash SS

Talk with Nan about options for Video/Audio taping

we’ll need to video tape some of the course 2 instructors during the conference

When will the courses run?

How far along are they with the development of their courses?
Syllabuses due when? course details, didactic presentations and online discussions

How much time will be scheduled for each course?

How would you describe the continuity between the four courses? Student participation, content, materials, interaction, etc?

Ed mentioned an assessment tool that will be used with the courses, what is this tool?

four-course, 12-credit certificate program, courses 1 and 4 cannot be taken at the same time
http://www.outreach.psu.edu/programs/low-incidence/credit-information.htm

SPAN Courses

Transition to Courses 001, 002, 003, & 131Background/History on the coursesWenyi, original designersJuan did a revision 2 years ago (?), no IPS (sometimes Sing)lot of graded assignments, grade book overwhelminglot of flash elements in 1, 2, 3131 is a little…

Transition to Courses 001, 002, 003, & 131

Background/History on the courses

  • Wenyi, original designers
  • Juan did a revision 2 years ago (?), no IPS (sometimes Sing)
  • lot of graded assignments, grade book overwhelming
  • lot of flash elements in 1, 2, 3
  • 131 is a little different, all content in HTML, instructor wants a lot of freedom, everything in lessons tab is managed by the instructor, just keep an eye on things, not changing course content
  • all instructors are very friendly, willing to work with us, easy to take care of
  • they have E-Live sessions (set up by the instructor and students themselves), bi-weekly w/ students, and s-s interaction (links to recordings to T)
  • exams: non-proctored, timed; they have been converted into Asssessments
  • two to three section, 131 has one section
  • Harrisburg is merged with WC version, why?
  • PA: Kelly Ball, all communication; PM: Sue Repine
  • 131 will have a new textbook in July, Fall revision for Summer ’11 new version
  • they run every semester
  • instructors are generally very consistent

Check in PACTS for materials, If Kathy doesn’t update me about new versions assume that we’ll use the customized version of the materials.

Generally just the course schedule get’s updated each semseter.

student home pages also need to be updated each semester

peer evals are not used

ask instructors when to start and end specific lesson folders, T’s want to open and close at different times, maybe a week before or after; they want to do this because they want to guard against future cheating

i should ask them for more questions to use in questions pools

Rox and Maria, sec 1 and 2 (002) are slightly different
be sure to pick up the phone!

131 – first book Burns book is coming out in July
revision usually just changes readings
instructor has a lot of ideas for RI courses, might be able to apply them for the summer revision; Tim Wilsie (revision author) 25% revision… Andrea should we beef up the revision? maybe 50%? depends on the changes made to the new textbook

give instructor 131 one month of time before the course opens to make his changes, he’ll make all of the changes except of the syllabus

real-to-real not from DEV space

Blue Team: ID-IPS Update

Courses, Conferences, Seminar Series, Certificate Programs, etc.Summer 2010Leadership Academy – Non-Credit; FTF Conference, Elluminate Live, ANGEL; working with GA’s to build out all of the conference sessions, training materials and sessionsSchool Finance Credit/Certificate – Credit & Non-Credit options; FTF Conference,…

  1. Courses, Conferences, Seminar Series, Certificate Programs, etc.
    1. Summer 2010
      1. Leadership Academy – Non-Credit; FTF Conference, Elluminate Live, ANGEL; working with GA’s to build out all of the conference sessions, training materials and sessions
      2. School Finance Credit/Certificate – Credit & Non-Credit options; FTF Conference, Adobe Connect Pro, ANGEL; awaiting updated content outline from the lead SME
      3. ART H 111 – Credit; Polycom, ANGEL; will be meeting with her when the 119 OB renovations have finished
      4. NURS 6003-6008, 8171A – Non-Credit; ANGEL; ready for Summer
      5. NURS 6009, 6011 – Non-Credit; ANGEL; basically ready to go, awaiting schedule #’s from Wanda
      6. 8171A Pilot (Manual Course) – Non-Credit; ANGEL; in progress, waiting feedback from SON
    2. Fall 2010
      1. SPAN 001 & 002 – Credit; ANGEL; upcoming meeting Thur
    3. Unknown
      1. EDSGN 498A Photovoltaics – Credit; ?? Streaming Server, ANGEL; long hold, unknown instructor/author
        Who is teaching
        Who is authoring
        Who is the audience
        When is the course running
        What is being taught (updated or new)
        What should I do with the materials I have
  2. Projects
    1. Virtual Presentations – Adobe Presenter, Mediasite Live, Camtasia, etc.
    2. Research Team – team leaders meetings, meeting with Andrea pending
    3. CE@UP Faculty Portal – update for Becky, Deb Simpson and Destiny One Compliance?
  3. Other
    1. Penn State Leader – professional development course
    2. WC Integration – working with Jeanette to get courses into QuickBase
    3. mLearnCon – four weeks, choosing sessions

Academic Leadership Academy: Elluminate Live

We can start scheduling now, using the new thing vs. old thing :-)New thing: unlimited rooms 🙂 we can request a room for a whole calendar year, we can access it whenever we pleaseHow many rooms will we need? Break-out…

We can start scheduling now, using the new thing vs. old thing 🙂
New thing: unlimited rooms 🙂 we can request a room for a whole calendar year, we can access it whenever we please

How many rooms will we need? Break-out rooms are available.

  • Public (formal (you can setup before the session) and informal (ad-hoc)) and private (create on the fly)
  • public room stay open whether people are there or not
  • private rooms exist only as long as people are there
  • content might be lost in private rooms once people leave
  • participants cannot move in and out of rooms? Kate is going to check on this

www.elluminate.com/support – to test out one’s connection/computer configuration
https://our.outreach.psu.edu/content/11094

How will the rooms be used during the room? Who will get moderator privileges?
What room features will be used?

Online Training:
http://www.elluminate.com/Services/Training/Product_Training_Resources/Moderator_Guides_for_V9.5+/?id=377
http://www.elluminate.com/Training/Documentation/Detail/88/?id=227

CAPE School Finanace

Erin: brainstroming sessionAttending: Erin, Bill Hartman, Tim PerryBill, reactions to the first offering? Bill: funding will dry up for school districts in three years; $350 million was removed from the state and supplanted by federal stimulus money; 07-08 to 08-09…

Erin: brainstroming session
Attending: Erin, Bill Hartman, Tim Perry

Bill, reactions to the first offering?
Bill: funding will dry up for school districts in three years; $350 million was removed from the state and supplanted by federal stimulus money; 07-08 to 08-09 is $2 billion short fall, this year another $1 billion short and then the pension hits ’13; numbers are unsustainable-bottom line; future is unknown

how do districts deal with this: 1. expenditures (teachers salaries), again not sustainable; 2. raise taxes (Act 1 – a restriction on how much property taxes can be raised, district by district taking account poor districts, up to 3-4%)

relatively few people understand the situation and that the math doesn’t add up

NCLB is looking at a 9% increase in requirements for reading 11% for math every year to get the toughest learners up since the low-hanging fruit have already been addressed in the past 4 years

this content: presentation
1 session presenting this information
then doing the model 1.75 hours (the model is a separate proprietary solution that is available for consulting outside of this context)
gotomeeting & accuconference were used to provide webinars

bill wants reactions from the audience, something he didn’t get via webinars
bill has recorded in-class presentations and have posted them ANGEL, lecture materials are online; session is use for questions and interaction

3.0 Credit and non-credit available for this program

(What are the reasons LD has shifted away iTunes U)

works best for session 4

session 5 how do you start to deal with the problem?
Bill move these up to the top

there would be “homework” (required for ACT 45) no so much more work as pre-work for the sesion
job-embedded assignments
presentation time will be allotted in the last session

individual or group work optional

MTSS Media Tech Expo

Just came back with Brian from the Tech Expo at the HUB. There were about 20-25 vendors showing their high tech array of resources and services.I spent time talking with four vendors, two of them with Brian. The ones Brian…

Just came back with Brian from the Tech Expo at the HUB. There were about 20-25 vendors showing their high tech array of resources and services.

I spent time talking with four vendors, two of them with Brian. The ones Brian and I saw were about video production and AMX-brand media controllers. I don’t remember the company that was showing off their integrated, network-oriented, production-class video capturing, transcoding, editing, streaming and publishing system. As you can imagine from the description, it was pretty freaking cool. The salient point I took away was that they were working on a system that was sensitive to:

  • multiple editing platforms under one roof
  • rapid digital video downloading from direct-capture video hard drives
  • flexible, end-user-selectable, exporting and publishing
  • simultaneous, network-based project workflow

The second vendor was AMX and Brian could really talk more about that visit. The one cool thing I took from there was that they have recognized the potential impact of the iPad and are developing an app that would allow you to control their switcher as an alternative to their pricey, proprietary controllers!

The place I spent most of my time was with AVRover.com, a vendor that has exclusive distributing rights over the OnFinity interactive whiteboard system. It takes the concept of a SMART Board to a new level. Being wand-based, one can now interact with projected content that is up to 12.5 feet! The hardware-software solution works with any app and was very responsive. It wasn’t cheap though: $863 and $2900 if you buy it integrated with a very well thought out portable projector, speaker system, full input and output panels and a secure shell that brought the system weight to 17 lb that fits in an included roller suitcase.

AVRover_Puppy.jpgGiven the price, the next vendor had a very interesting alternative: a wireless tablet. Simple and easy to use. I think they come in at under $300. The problem is, not every one is comfortable working with a tablet.

All-in-all a very interesting expo and worth the hour and a half we had to spend walking around. Now, we’ll have to cross our fingers about winning the door prizes 🙂

LD Research Team Leader’s Meeting

Wenyi – Social MediaLinas – Mobile LearningKent – Games, Sims, and Virtual WorldsCommunication/Collaboration FrameworksNING – awaiting pricing and approval, add Linas and Wenyi; Shannon offered to create groups for us in the “Excellence in Teaching.”Other platforms mentioned: E-Live, Google Docs,…

Wenyi – Social Media
Linas – Mobile Learning
Kent – Games, Sims, and Virtual Worlds

Communication/Collaboration Frameworks
NING – awaiting pricing and approval, add Linas and Wenyi; Shannon offered to create groups for us in the “Excellence in Teaching.”
Other platforms mentioned: E-Live, Google Docs, Zotero, Diigo, MyNetResearch, Wikified
Zotero – Wenyi mentioned it has project management tools

How will our groups handle project management tasks? Zotero possibly (Wenyi), Quickbase a weak possibility.

Linas already spoke about piloting courses. They were considering whether to handle Grad vs. Undergrad courses and surveying the students. First survey to determine student’s needs and second summative survey to assess how well the pilot went.

Opening up the teams
Each leader shared ideas about how they are going to approach opening up the teams. We decided that we need to talk to Rick asap on the topic to get his guidance.

Focus
Linas: mobile utility tools vs. mobile learning objects
Kent: virtual worlds vs. learning-oriented games and simulations
Wenyi: add a third dimension-opportunities for improving the LD process