Accomplishments:

• Prof Dev
  • Here is a reflection on an announcement from the MOOC on gamification that I’m currently doing: https://sites.psu.edu/rep129blog/2012/09/18/gamification-mooc-announcement/
  • I received the eval on my 1st written assignment and received a high mark with encouraging remarks from my peers. Definitely gave me a boost
  • Started and completed the videos for Lesson 7 
  • Completed Lesson 8 videos and Homework Quiz 4
  • Completed self and peer assessments for Written Assignment 2. Wondering if I went into too much detail about activities, rather than focusing more on intrinsic v. extrinsic motivation as it relates to gamification
  • Started outline for Written Assignment 3 on Friday
  • Here is a reflection on the educational brown bag that I attended on Wed 9/19: https://sites.psu.edu/rep129blog/2012/09/19/educational-gaming-brown-bag-turning-an-astronomy-course-into-a-mission-to-mars/
  • Here is a reflection on the online training about including games in online courses: https://sites.psu.edu/rep129blog/2012/09/19/bringing-gaming-into-online-learning/
  • Here is a reflection on the training that I did on accessibility: https://sites.psu.edu/rep129blog/2012/09/20/ms-office-training-for-accessibility/
• Fall ’12 Courses
  • IST 110
  • Grade discussion with Marcela on 9/18
  • IST 220
    
    • Still seeing emails from students and instructors about vhol. Confirms my thinking that it would be best to think about textbook labs
  • IST 240
    • Updated assignment 2 and contacted Hal about it
      
  • IST 250 
    • More edits to make
    • Answered a question by Don on Elluminate and how many participants can be handled by providing my insights and ccing Gary
  • IST 402
    • drupal implementation is working well but now information is not collected by voicethread since it is embedded. Checked drupal and can see that students are using it and made Rosalie an admin so she can check too
    • she created the latest overview in ppt with audio

• Fall ’12 revisions/developments

• IST 230 (Newcomer)
  • Working with Greg, Will, & Toni on interactive pieces
    • Larry is going to supply some problems to work on
• IST 420 (Ocker)
• Spent time on 9/17 finding and adding videos to the dev space
• Still awaiting Rosalie’s decision on which direction to move text or articles
• IST 402 (Saab)
• David is working on adding content
• Meeting on 9/21 to talk about gamification was great
• David went through items in his mind map
• Chris mentioned his ideas about leveling up
• Brett had a great idea of allowing students to plot their plan through the course
• Plan to meet in two weeks
• 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 to start the 1st week of October
  
  • IST 110
    • Sec 001
  • IST 111S
    
    • Sec 001
  • IST 210 – Hyunjeong and Mike M are teaching in Spring
  • Sec 001
  • IST 220
  • Sec 001
  • IST 230
  • Sec 001
  • Sec 002
  • IST 240
  • Sec 001
  • IST 250
    • Sec 001
  • IST 260W
    • Sec 001
  • IST 295A
    • Sec 001
  • IST 301
    • Sec 001
  • IST 302
    • Sec 001
  • IST 402 TIE-
  • Sec 001
  • IST 421
  • Sec 001
  • IST 440W
    • Sec 001
  • IST 495
  • Sec 001

Ongoing Projects:

• Updated google spreadsheet for Spring ’13 

Immediate Decisions / Issues:

• None

Back Burner:

• Gaming, Simulations, and Virtual World Research Committee

Days off / Conferences:

• September 3 – Labor Day
• August 27- October 5 Gamification MOOC
• September 10 Brown Bag with Brendaly Drayton, Ph.D. (Diversity)
• September 19 Educational Brown Bag
• September 19 Bringing Gaming into Online Learning
• September 20 MS-Office Training for Accessibility
• Nov 1 AM Sick time for Dental Appt