Category: ID-IPS Staff Update

A look back at February

It’s been a long month. I really wanted to do weekly reflections, but that just didn’t work out. This post roughly covers topics since my last post, but kind of covers the last 30 days.SPAN 001-003 RevisionsAssessment FeedbackDifferences between SPAN…

It’s been a long month. I really wanted to do weekly reflections, but that just didn’t work out. This post roughly covers topics since my last post, but kind of covers the last 30 days.
SPAN 001-003 Revisions
Assessment Feedback
Differences between SPAN 001 and 003
Roll-over Templates
Audio Files in Assessments
New Instructors don’t touch courses
fixed gradebook
Release Dates and Grades, Early Progress Reports
Editing PDF’s
Fixing Flashcards
M&LD
Deafblind canceled
OL2000 finishes

TLT Videos

ALA Logistics and Planning for March Session
Budget
Gathering Content and Storyboarding
Draft
Future action plan based on these reflections?
  • Take a big breath when working on Spanish. We’ve done an incredible amount of work. Patty has assisted me with the majority of our 110 individual tasks since we began tracking them and that list isn’t fully comprehensive.

1-1 with El, Kate and Patty

List of courses and their statusWhat’s going on?Academic Leadership Academy (ALA)prep for Sept sessionfirst speaker: John Cheslock, Assoc. Prof Ed Policy Stds Higher Ed., Zeke will train John on eLivepriority: develop course module, awaiting outcomes, materials, etc.do we need to…

List of courses and their status

What’s going on?

  1. Academic Leadership Academy (ALA)
    1. prep for Sept session
      1. first speaker: John Cheslock, Assoc. Prof Ed Policy Stds Higher Ed., Zeke will train John on eLive
      2. priority: develop course module, awaiting outcomes, materials, etc.
      3. do we need to verify with HelpDesk about live session 9/17?
    2. everyone’s busy this week, GA’s have tests
    3. full eLive training for Bob, scheduled to happen before end of Aug
  2. NURS courses
    1. running for FA ’11
    2. Wanda – unknown future since Jeff Hand doesn’t want the program, still being budgeted out of the “non-credit” budget
  3. ID Position Search Committee – phone interviews begin next week, 8/24

What’s coming down the pike?

  1. SPAN courses – awaiting assignment of faculty, access to all sections
  2. MGMT 100
  3. VLN courses? – unclear involvement, will touch base with Lynne
  4. 2011 TLT? – Allan invited me to be the Outreach rep for the program committee
  5. Learning Lunch: iPad? – proposed by Stevie and Wayne to discuss/initiate sharing around technology that’s being tested/reviewed
  6. iFrames + Our.Outreach – spoke to Stevie about a solution to provide better ways to share/edit tabular data on the intranet

What’s on hold?

  1. Deafblind courses – still no word since Shubha’s email 8/11 and f2f soon there after, faculty not happy with curriculum being dictated, Ed says there’s a planning retreat, unknown reaction from PATTAN
  2. School Finance course (CE@UP) – no word since email 7/19

Where do I need some assistance?

  1. Vacation Sept 5-17: 9 work days or two weeks
  2. SPAN courses – potential edits
  3. ALA eLive session
    1. eLive rooms for participants
    2. cover for the live session, 9/17 @ 9-12 PM (ET) to provide morale support for GA
  4. NURS 6012 presentation
    1. slides need to be redone
    2. review once we receive new audio, new audio may need to be imported via Adobe Presenter

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

Blue Team: ID-IPS Update

Since the Last UpdateJeff Hand and Equella – ON-HOLD (until Jamie returns) meeting with Jeff to discuss the system and his needs, future planning, etc.Just2It Faculty Development – closing session is today; only 3 participants attending :-(mLearnCon – registered, thanks…

  1. Since the Last Update
    1. Jeff Hand and Equella – ON-HOLD (until Jamie returns) meeting with Jeff to discuss the system and his needs, future planning, etc.
    2. Just2It Faculty Development – closing session is today; only 3 participants attending 🙁
    3. mLearnCon – registered, thanks to Mary!
    4. MYRTLE – finally all caught up!
  2. PSU
    1. Google Apps for Education Whitepaper – we’re about 90% there
  3. Outreach
    1. Leadership Academy – brand new; Nancy Eckert, Conference Planner, scheduling initial faculty (Bob Hendrickson & Lisa Latinka) kick off session ASAP
  4. World Campus Learning Design
    1. New courses?
  5. CE@UP
    1. ART H 111 – I now have access to Arts & Architecture Art History course! well… kinda
    2. CE@UP Faculty Portal – just reorganized the site and am waiting for Shawn to finish moving the content so that we can get the SME’s to review the content
    3. Will ask Angela about any new summer courses?
  6. CAPE
    1. EDSGN 498A Photovoltaics – requested a chance to regroup; course redesign is probable, but unknown; we have 8 DVD’s, but don’t know how they want to use them
    2. ENGR 497E Project Management – looking into changes for the next offering
    3. NURS 6003-6008, 8171A – final summer prep
    4. NURS 6009 Living with a Life Threatening Illness – unknown status, waiting on Mediasite Live materials
    5. 8171A Pilot (Manual Course) – finishing up survey, Fall 2010
  7. Other
    1. ePortfolio – getting bogged down
    2. Meeting Facilitation – professional development course
    3. WC Integration – need to know more about start-to-finish
    4. ScreenFlow  – demo (Linas, Patty & Cindy)
  8. Kate’s Help
    1. Nursing Summer ’10 courses – help get the live courses going for the summer
    2. Elive sessions – C&I Leadership Academy
    3. Presenter Demo – venue?

Blue Team: ID-IPS Update

Last UpdateJeff Hand and Equella – meeting with Jeff to discuss the system and his needs, future planning, etc.Penn State Leader – confirmed for MayPSUGoogle Apps for Education whitepaper – draft due 3/17, we’re about 30% thereOutreachnothingWorld Campus Learning DesignJust2It…

  1. Last Update
    1. Jeff Hand and Equella – meeting with Jeff to discuss the system and his needs, future planning, etc.
    2. Penn State Leader – confirmed for May
  2. PSU
    1. Google Apps for Education whitepaper – draft due 3/17, we’re about 30% there
  3. Outreach
    1. nothing
  4. World Campus Learning Design
    1. Just2It Faculty Development – finished until the closing session April 16th
    2. Outreach Helpdesk Support of CE Courses – working with Angela; I have finished my worksheet
  5. CE@UP
    1. List of Courses – now available as a published Google Doc with course information and my related documentation
    2. ART H 111 – meeting with instructor Thu 3/11 to discuss Polycom, CE-specific pedagogy, etc.
    3. HPA 332 – Chris may need more help with his course as he finishes activities for use in ANGEL
    4. CE@UP Faculty Portal – created a WBS and am working with Shawn to get the materials ported over from wikispaces
  6. CAPE
    1. EDSGN 498A Photovoltaics – requested a chance to regroup; course redesign is probable, but unknown; we have 8 DVD’s, but don’t know how they want to use them
    2. ENGR 497E Project Management – looking into changes for the next offering
    3. NURS 6009 Living with a Life Threatening Illness – unknown status, waiting on Mediasite Live materials
    4. Manually-Created Courses – dev and live space available, waiting on Marketing and SOAR to test format
  7. Other
    1. mLearnCon – requested more info, will schedule regardless by Fri 3/12
    2. MYRTLE – caught up to November, submitted earlier months
    3. Blue Team Integration – any blindspots? more updates or info
    4. ePortfolio – continuing to further integrate my posts into other blogs/communities and cross-listing links in other relevant documents like my published course list
  8. Kate’s Help
    1. Nursing Summer ’10 courses – help get the live courses going for the summer
    2. Manually-Created Courses – if testing goes well, then create more dev and live spaces for the remaining courses

Blue Team: ID-IPS Update

Last UpdateTalk to Mary about Penn State Leader professional development – haven’t done itKent will be contacting Rick about the Equella list for CE@UP – haven’t done itNursing Online CE Manually Created Courses – scheduling time with Jim & Kate…

  1. Last Update
    1. Talk to Mary about Penn State Leader professional development – haven’t done it
    2. Kent will be contacting Rick about the Equella list for CE@UP – haven’t done it
    3. Nursing Online CE Manually Created Courses – scheduling time with Jim & Kate to discuss the process and procedures to transition from ANGEL Groups
    4. Suggest strategies to Rick on integrating Blue Team & Learning Design with CE-wide instructional design needs – still at the beginning stages, but I’ve been documenting my outline of ideas
  2. Outreach
    1. RESET 2020 – finished presentations – the Health and Education sectors presented on Fri 5 Feb; there is a meeting with Craig on Wed 10 Feb to discuss next steps for the Education sector; UPDATE Wed 10 Feb – we met with Craig, he asked us to work with David Norloff on any initiatives or programs we can push through the PDP, the team will get back to Sandy about our future involvement, she would like to see the team stay together to continue to support the Education sector
  3. World Campus
    1. ABA Virtual Practicum – made a screencast of using Handbrake to encode video for Linas that is being used in their class; last updated was Thu 4 Feb to figure out Protected PASS
    2. Just2It Overview of Web 2.0 Technologies – kick off meeting was Tue 19 Jan, RSS & iGoogle unit co-facilitated with Cece, finished Mon 1 Feb; Adobe Connect Pro coming up Tue 23 Feb with two live sessions scheduled
  4. CE@UP
    1. RHS 301 Lorenz – assisting with blogs and wiki via instructions posted in ANGEL, individual emails, and phone-based help sessions with students
    2. PHO 100 Howard – vetting a slidesharing service and possible assistance with the course blog
    3. ART 020 & 050 Syllabus Development Mangan– original meeting canceled due to sick-leave, new meeting pending
    4. Faculty Portal – Shawn Vashaw
  5. CAPE
    1. NURS 6008 final edits
    2. NURS 6009 Living with a Life Threatening Illness – Mediasite live implemenation, recording set for early March; possible next course in Nursing Online CE program; no ANGEL group created yet
  6. Other
    1. ScreenFlow screencasts – entries tagged with “screencast“
    2. Blue Team Integration – see above
    3. ePortfolio – over 31 entries since last ID-Pair meeting
    4. mLearnCon – I’ve started the registration process with Mary
    5. MYRTLE – going more smoothly now that more of my codes have been entered/translated
  7. Kate’s Help
    1. NURS 6009 – un-known, possible Mediasite recording integration into ANGEL
    2. Nursing CE Manually Created Courses – planning and transitioning process
    3. Nursing CE converting quizzes over to assessments – we’re going to have to get going on this given the implications of the upgrade
    4. ? RHS 301 – possible assistance with “building this plane”
    5. ? PHO 100 – may need assistance depending upon faculty member
    6. ? ART 020 and 050 – may need Kate’s help with converting John’s syllabuses into HTML formats

Blue Team: ID-IPS Update

ePortfolio – yet another attempt, an MT4 evolution from Tiddlywiki, Fac Dev Ning, and Our.OutreachUpdate on capacity: courses, committees, projectscourses – see ePortfoliocommitteesprojectsCE@UP IST 250 in MT4 and Plone w/ StevieWC Opportunities – courses, unit-level tasks, etc.Time Tracking – job…

  1. ePortfolio – yet another attempt, an MT4 evolution from Tiddlywiki, Fac Dev Ning, and Our.Outreach
  2. Update on capacity: courses, committees, projects
    1. courses – see ePortfolio
    2. committees
    3. projects
      1. CE@UP IST 250 in MT4 and Plone w/ Stevie
    4. WC Opportunities – courses, unit-level tasks, etc.
  3. Time Tracking – job codes and MYRTLE clutter
  4. Equella list for CE@UP
  5. mLearnCon ?
  6. tons of prof dev things coming through the pipeline right now!
  7. Improving CE@UP and CAPE relationships
  8. Kate
    1. NURS 6008 Dementia
    2. Update course for Nursing Online CE instructors
    3. New design for NURS program in ANGEL
    4. ENGR 497E Project Management for Professionals
    5. Adobe Connect Pro Show-and-Tell for Blue Team