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