Accomplishments:

�         Started google doc for Summer ’12-based loosely on what John B and I used at wcld

o   Spoke with Amy S and she updated a bit based on what she knew

o   Checked this with Amy G

�         Beginning contact and items for Spring ’12 revisions

o   IST 210 (Heberling)

�  Sent 1^st email about where we are in the process and what we need to do (1/16)

�  Met with Gary on Tuesday via skype to put together a plan to propose to the course committee

�         Here are a few notes from the meeting:

o   Update to the latest textbook edition (http://www.amazon.com/Database-Systems-Implementation-Management-Bind/dp/1111969604/ref=dp_ob_title_bk) and create online assessments to go along with those to replace the textbook activities

o   Remove the online course content since it’s redundant with the text

o   Remove Discussion Activities and replace with a few labs

o   Rethink about how the Labs should be set up maybe to tie in with team project

o   Spread out the grading to make more manageable for faculty

o   Assessment (1/3 of the grade)

o   Labs (1/3 of the grade)

o   Team Project (1/3 of the grade)

 

o   IST 220 (Bertin)

�  Sent 1^st email about where we are in the process and what we need to do (1/16)

�  Determined that we will use ANGEL to transfer files

�  The revision will be based on integrating the learning. Labs will tie to the readings

�  The course will be designed for 12 weeks and determined later how to expand to 15

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o   IST 240 (Smith)

�  Answering email about how to proceed with work on the project

�         What format he should put his work (html)

�         Provided access to IST 331 as an example of good outside resource/internal material balance

o   IST 402 (Cameron) – I’ll be assisting Melissa when needed

o   IST 402 (Saab)

�  Sent 1^st email about where we are in the process and what we need to do

�  Won’t be starting until the beginning of February

o   IST 421 (Hill)

�  Need to adjust the course to be 12 weeks from 18.

�  Will consider this version the course moving forward

�         IST 110 Spring ’12 Section 050: Cliff Maurer

o   Another request for materials from commonwealth campus

o   Imported same materials as for IST 110 WC sections for Spring ’12

o   Moved to supporting materials folder

�         IST 301 for Spring ’12 will have a deaf student

o   Dragonfly Dictate is not working as anticipated

�  The headphone and adapter that same along with the software for the PC are defective

�  The app on the iPhone unexpectedly stops recording before the screenrs are complete

�  Sent the videos for captioning to be transcribed manually for now

o   The Harvard Business Review access has been a problem

�  The link that we originally got was for educators, not students

�  Since staff are not allowed to get into the sight, it is impossible for staff to advise faculty about how to handle student issues

�  There is an email that highlights what we need to do to prepare the space for the semester, but this was not shared, only the link

�  Need to prepare this better next semester

�         IST 402

o   Same issue with Harvard Business Review as described above

�         Syllabus link that does not work: http://up.ist.psu.edu/up/up_msdnaa. Found my Bill C, confirmed by John B and myself and sent off to ist helpdesk to fix which they did

�         Madison proposal

o   Met on Thursday and Friday to complete the proposal

o   Amy S and I worked on submitting proposal on Monday but ran into an issue of having multiple presenters.

�         LD Community Meeting – https://sites.psu.edu/rep129blog/2012/01/13/ld-community-meeting-jan-2012/

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Ongoing Projects:

�         Updating google doc for Summer ’12

�         Working on Summer 2012 courses: IST 210, IST 220, IST 240, IST 250, IST 260W, IST 295B, IST 301, IST 302, IST 420, IST 421, IST 440W

�         Working on checking courses (content isn’t always there) from WCLD to be placed in Drupal through OIDI task list

Immediate Decisions / Issues:

�         I’ve had a few issues with students who are taking resident courses but using online materials (IST 230) who are requesting assistance from the WC and IST Helpdesk. This is because we forgot to update some materials in ANGEL, but it is also because our syllabus includes items like MSDNAA and Vlabs which are only available for UP and WC students. Here are some solutions that I think will work:

o   Remove the items referenced above from the syllabus and place in ANGEL so that those items can be removed more easily later

o   Create individual drupal sections for each ANGEL section so that instructors can customize if necessary

�         Would it make most sense to have only content on drupal? The other items seems to be better in ANGEL.

Some things that I learned this week:

�         In order for students to review comments from a survey in ANGEL, need to make sure that the feedback options are checked. Here’s the process: access the settings then look at the Review tab (Feedback Options).

Back Burner:

�         Gaming, Simulations, and Virtual World Research Committee

Days off / Conferences:     

�         January vacation days 24 & 27

�         Dental Appt scheduled for 2/24/12 (Plan to take half day in the am)

�         March 24 TLT Symposium – thinking of using this opportunity to practice session for Madison Conference

�         June 22, 25-29 vacation days

It was decided that WAR reports are not necessary, so I’m changing things up and just using my blog. I really don’t like the mix/match font. Also, it’s a bit redundant to do both.