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Reflection for 01/12/15 to 01/16/15

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It’s a new semester, and the first day was a bit busy. I spent about 3/4 of my day on mps. I’m not sure if this is because of the culture which has been created before my taking over the support position or because it is mps. Nothing major, but it makes for more craziness than is necessary.

I went late into the evening working on things which mostly turned out to be minor. I ended up working with Rosalie on BB Collaborate and am pleased that the tool is working well for her. I worked at home this am and am keeping up with emails and requests well. I sent out another announcement to the 230 pilot class about the live session.

Tuesday and Wednesday I worked from home in the AM. It is nice to have the flexibility to do this especially since I find myself working at odd hours like Monday evening to accomplish my tasks.

I was able to see the presentation on Tuesday by Andrew Sears. He is a potential dean candidate for the College of IST. I look forward to see the 2nd candidate and seeing how we will move forward at the college.

On Wednesday, we met with Steve Haynes again about IST 140. We are going in a good direction and at an adequate pace to get the course ready for Summer ’15.

On Thursday, we met with Joe Oakes. It was a good conversation. I hope that he can deliver on materials so that we can run his 402 in Summer ’15.

Tonight is the first live session for my IST 230 course for Spring ’15. I review the material and am ready for the meeting.

The meeting went well albeit there were only 2 students present. When I checked the course announcement, the url to the room was missing. That may have been the issue. I went through the course today and replied to the introduction messages. I also noticed that 15 of the 20 students have purchased the text. Hopefully, all is cleaned up by the weekend.

Fred Fonseca held an online faculty luncheon (minus the lunch). Anna Divinsky talked about MOOCs. It was a robust session, but I’m getting the feeling that instructors are not as interested in MOOCs right now. They are alot of work without much return for the faculty.

It was a busy week, and I’m ready for some R&R. Disney is only a week away, so I’m really excited!

Reflection for October 20 to October 24

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Despite my best intentions, I’m here on a Friday afternoon writing my reflection for the week. It has been a busy but good week.

I went to 2 DMT related meetings. The first was on Monday here at the IST Building. We talked alot about Quality Matters and how it applies to online courses. It is something that we hope we can build into our courses. The second was the sub committee on video. It was a good discussion drilling down into types of videos and why we use them.

On Tuesday, I went to a Penn State Forum event. I saw Bernie Kerik speak. He was an impressive and serious speaker who talked about the problems that we have with our prison systems. Mostly he was pointing fingers at our prosecutors and federal representatives. I was alarmed to know that if we keep at our current pace that 75% of black males will be in the penal system. Bernie also related stories about people who faced felony who definitely could have been rehabilitate other ways. At the end of the session, it made me wonder why we feel so helpless about these types of issues. We as a society are responsible but feel powerless to change things.

I spent a ton of time this week working on setting up courses for Spring 2015. I’m hoping that jumping on these items will open my time to work on the 402 Big Data course development and cms pilots. Hopefully by next week, I’ll be done with all of these.

Speaking of 402 Big Data, this has been a difficult project. We have not had the type of instructor help and timeliness that I had hoped for. Now that things are coming up from the IT perspective, the instructor is ready to bail. I’m hoping that this turns around soon so that we can help our students have the best experience possible in the course. We have several meetings planned with both Bill and IT to help clear things up.

Today, we had another IST Online Community Lunch. It went well. We talked about Canvas and MOOCs. I’m looking forward to the next one on November 7.

Reflection 05/05/14 to 05/09/14

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Started the week watching Micah at home for Dee while she did some interpreting work. It’s good to spend time with him and for her to get a chance to get back into the working world.

Had our end-of-semester lunch at Chili’s. Nice job by Kent to print off lions for students. It is difficult to let this crew of students head off into the world, but they will make a positive impression wherever they go.

Spent time with Nick G on IST 220 revision Monday-Wednesday. It was great to meet with faculty for Summer ’14 to prep.

I met with Brian C (EA 872 & 875)& Shawn C (EA 871 & 873) about BB Collaborate and talked about how to sign up for room for the future.

Meeting day on Thursday.

I had a PSOCC – DMT on Friday 5/9 (12-1:30). It was good to hear more about the Blackboard Pilot. Jeff Swain talked about a misunderstanding about Blackboard Collaborate v. Blackboard Collaboration We’ll see how this rolls out and how well it is received by faculty & students. Sounds like I’ll be a part of the pilot for Fall ’14. There was an interesting discussion about students assuming that online courses were meant to have collaboration on individual assessments. I also found out about a MOC through Liberal Arts that will have both an ANGEL part (MOC) & Coursera part (MOOC). The cost is $999 v. $2400.

Met with Louise Sharrar from WCLD about the BB Collaborate Pilot. It is nice to be working with members from the old team on this venture.

The weather was quite variable this week; cool in the beginning and warm by Friday. I’ve been running to prep for the Black Moshannon 5K. Last year, I ran it in 7:31/mile or 23:17. I was pleasantly surprised by my time since I hadn’t run anything under an 8 min/mile pace in my training runs. I plan to run M, W, F for 3 miles per run until 5/16 which is next Friday. For the week leading up to the run, I plan to run intervals for 2 miles, M-Th. That really worked last year. I’m also hoping to drop a few pounds. It shouldn’t be too difficult to beat my time since I ran on a full stomach (eggs and bacon). I also wasn’t anticipating the last hill and final stretch downhill at the end. This time, I’ll be able to pace myself and make the final push with knowledge.

I have had correspondence about the baseball team that I’m playing on. We start 5/28 and end 8/27. It will be a great way to start and finish up the summer. I bought a hitting training aid to prep myself. I’ve also been working with all three of my sons on baseball.

Reflection 12/09/13-12/13/13

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Accomplishments:

  • Meetings
    • MOOC Strategy Group
      • Coursera app available
      • Jan 13 final proposals for MOOCs due
      • Feb 17 results from submissions make known
      • 2-3 ga’s for 10h/wk not enough
    • IST 220 Course Committee Meeting
  • Fall ’13 revisions/developments
    • IST 220 (Giacobe)
      • Received materials
      • Upon further inspection, there wasn’t much done with this materials. Hopefully, everything will stay on schedule.
      • Had to move back the latest deadline to Thursday 10/17
      • Received materials and need to add them to ANGEL
        • Added Ch 1 & 2 Assessments on 11/18
        • Added Ch 3 Assessment on 11/19
        • Talked with Nick f2f
          • Sent note 11/19 to follow up about items to be delivered
          • Spoke with Amy S about progress
          • I’m counting on getting materials in Spring ’14 since he will be teaching course f2f
    • IST 402 (Jansen)
      • Meeting set up by Amy S for 6/12 to discuss new topic around Jim Jansen’s f2f 402 “The Google Online Marketing Challenge”
      • Sounds like a good idea from several perspectives:
        • student engagement via competition
        • marketing to students in other majors for minor
      • Few possible obstacles
        • Not enough students from other majors with complementary skills
        • Large need for synchronous meetings
        • Large time commitment
      • Email sent on 6/12 to Jim to set up meeting for June 24-28
        • Meeting planned for June 24 from 3-4
          • Looks like lots of captivates
          • Need to put together a process to share with him to make this streamlined
          • Need to have a drupal space created
          • He probably won’t be able to get me product until August 1
      • Put in request to IST Helpdesk to create ist402gomc site for Jansen’s course
        • received notification on 6/26 that this was done
        • sent a footprints request to set up the site on 6/27 to Ranjani and Will
        • Will overlayed template on the course
        • Allison enabled a few pages for course information & made a template syllabus
      • Amy S contacted Jim on 7/30
        • Jim got right back & asked about videos from the course, specifically screenr
        • after consulting with Will & Allison decided b/c of the changeable nature of the course that screenr process to mp4 to embedded in the course would be the best way to go
        • Jim sounded hesitant about process after I laid out the steps, but it is b/c he’s never done this before. Reassured and asked for feedback to improve process
      • Note from Jim on 8/8 about where to put content
        • Repurposed Saab’s 402 for Jim to use
      • Also asked by Jim about one lesson a week format
        • Told him to put things together using a topical approach, and we can figure out timing later
      • Received materials on 8/12 but it needs to be parsed out, added to the couse space, and send feedback to clarify expectations
      • Got this going and sent a note. Plan to meet f2f when he comes to the building on Wednesdays
      • First meeting was this Wednesday at 1:30. Went well and felt like I got through about the need to complete things asap
      • Updated info for WC on Monday 9/16
      • Sent a note on Tuesday 10/1 about needing to get materials.
      • Jim responded that he would dedicate the weekend to getting materials into the ANGEL dev space
      • Few emails over the weekend to clarify
      • Plan to meet on Wednesday 10/9
        • Good meeting. Here are items that we discussed:
          • Peer evals – sounds like we are going to be using google forms
          • Guest speak recording
            • Talked to Emily Spokus about how we could do this
              • Need to get more specifics so that we can use our resources
      • Met on 11/13 about what was in the site
        • Here were my suggestions
          • Split up syllabus and course schedule
          • Resolve the Week and Lesson conflicts in the schedule
          • Instead of having 2 folders for each week, use heads within one folder to seperate the items
          • Move links to readings from course schedule into ANGEL folders
          • Resolve the difference between due & to do on the course schedule
        • Noticed on quick look on 11/18 that most items were incorporated from our discussion
      • Check the course more closely on 11/25 to find that
        • the course schedule needed to be shortened
        • many of the links placed in ANGEL had not been checked
        • also found redundant links throughout the content
        • made changes on 11/25 & 11/26 to the course
          • shortened course schedule by more than half by removing links
          • updated all of the links in ANGEL so that they open to the correct page by editing the secure links (https) to open (http)
          • put together the gradebook
      • Meeting scheduled for 12/4/13 from 11-12
    • Personal Security MOOC
      • Went with Kent to speak with Gerry
      • Kent is getting this about to the ready stage
      • Pre-proposal was sent out & accepted
  • Fall ’13 Courses
    • IST 301
      • Checked on gradebook & fixed issue on 12/13
  • Spring ’14 Courses
    • IST 110
      • Secs 001 & 002 (Jan)
        • Sent a note on Tues 10/1 about populating her sections for Spring ’14
        • Followed up on 11/1/13 and received a reply
        • Chris G helped in setting up section 001 on 11/5/13
      • Sec 003 (Borge)
        • Spoke with Marcela informally on Monday at Hispanic Heritage Lunch and she was okay with me copying over materials
        • Exported/Imported materials into Spring ’14 section on 10/8/13
          • Updated course schedule and set the course
          • Sent a note on 10/8/13 about completion
      • Sec 004 (Garbrick)
        • Set up in ANGEL
    • IST 111S
      • Sec 001 (Folkers)
        • Sent a note on 10/9/13 about getting the okay to copy materials into her Spring ’14 section
        • Updated the schedule to reflect changes that Deirdre wanted on 10/9
        • Sent email on 11/26 about moving forward with update process
        • Populated the course on 12/11/13 to find out that Amy S agree to let her merge
          • Another layer added without communication as of 12/13 still don’t see the other section
    • IST 210
      • Sec 001 (Aebli)
        • Sent note about putting mateials in his course space
          • Still hasn’t received approval to teach
          • Looks like he will teach, so will copy Summer ’13 materials into his section
            • Completed on 10/8/13 and email sent out
      • Sec 002 (Gary)
        • Sent note about putting materials in his course space
        • He thought that was a good idea
          • Completed on 10/8/13 and email sent out
      • Sec 003 (Liz)
        • Heads up on 11/22 that this will probably need to be added
        • Suggested Liz Thiry, and Amy S agreed
        • export/import done on 11/26
        • emailed Liz on 11/26
    • IST 220
      • Sec 001 (Lee)
        • Sent note about putting materials in her course space
        • She thought it was a good idea
        • ANGEL upload on 10/9/13
      • Sec 002 (Mike)
        • Amy S sent note about new strategy to make courses more fair
          • Mike replied that he doesn’t even know that he’s approved
          • Mike is set to go
          • Chris G set up the site
    • IST 230
      • Sec 001 (Newcomer)
        • Sent note on 10/9 to confirm that he will be populating and setting up his own section.
    • IST 240
      • Sec 001 (Fred)
        • Planned meeting next week hopefully shores things up to populate his space
          • Hasn’t happened yet as of Wednesday 10/9/13, so I sent a note.
          • Met on 10/11/13
            • Plan is to populate Spring ’14 section with materials from his UP Fall ’13 section.
              • I’ll update the dates to reflect Spring ’14
              • Check in with him early next week to move to next step.
              • Chris populated on 11/15 and will fix the menu issues in the fonseca space
      • Sec 002 (Hal) – he can’t do it so Fred section was increased
        • Notified by Amy S about this, but still don’t see this on my profile as of 11/26/13
    • IST 250
      • Sec 001 & 002 (Wilson)
        • Asked about whether he would like to have his Fall ’12 section copied in or dev space
          • He said he’d get back to me next week
          • Had to follow up again on 11/1/13
          • Received reply and am populating with materials from Fall ’12
          • Ronda helped on 11/4/13 to begin the process & finished on 11/8/13
      • Sec 003 (O’Hara)
        • Notified on 12/2 that a 3rd section would be opened
        • Added Ronda to Su13 section to populate John’s course
    • IST 260W
      • Sec 001 (Long)
        • Asked about whether he would like Fall ’13 or Spring ’13 copied in
          • He said Fall ’13, so plan is to populate next week
          • Completed by Chris during the week of 11/11-11/15
    • IST 295A
      • Sec 001 (Bertin)
        • Asked about whether she wanted me to set up the space or if she would do it.
          • She replied that she would like me to put materials in the section but would like more materials about teamwork.
          • Talked her during IST Statewide Meeting, & she will take care of the section
          • Received note this week about adjustments to be made
            • Chris made the necessary adjustments
    • IST 295B
      • Sec 001 (Kari)
        • Plan to populate and contact her next week
        • Course completed by Ronda during the week of 11/11-11/15
        • Emailed on 11/18 that section was completed
    • IST 301
      • Sec 001 (Ocker)
        • Rosalie will do this and we’ll check the gradebook
        • Set up the readings for the semester & I tested on 12/13
      • Sec 002 (Lipton)
        • Tried to populate and set, but it didn’t work
        • Sent note to Rob to try
        • If that doesn’t work, we’ll populate with fresh copy of the course
    • IST 302
      • Sec 001 (Clark)
        • Set by Chris on 11/19
        • Emailed Shawn on 11/20
    • IST 331
      • Sec 001 (Wenk)
        • Course set up by Chris on 11/19
        • Emailed Emily on 11/20
    • IST 420
      • Merged Sec 001 & 002 (Hill Dutt)
        • Based upon our discussion from last week, I populated the course with Fall ’12 materials
          • Required some publishing of materials
          • Note on 11/22 that John will not be teaching
            • Made a couple of updates and added Abbi on 11/22
            • Asked John H to added text scripts from videos to the section which he did on 11/25
            • Emailed Abbi that everything was set on 11/26
    • IST 421
      • Merged Sec 001 & 002 (Cantor)
        • Ronda will be handling the course set up
        • Met with Bill on 11/20 to discuss set up
        • Relayed info to Ronda and discussed changes to be done on 11/21
        • 1st interation completed and discussed on 11/25
        • Finished on 11/26
        • Bill contacted that course is set
    • IST 440W
      • Merged Sec 001 & 002 (Jim)
        • Ronda set up the section initially on 11/5/13 and continued work on 11/8/13
        • Finished during the week of 11/11-11/15
    • IST 495
      • Set up the course on 11/18
      • Emailed Madhavi that section was completed

Ongoing Projects:

    • Updated google spreadsheet for Spring ’14 with known instructors
    • Emails to instructors to set up Spring ’14 spaces

Immediate Decisions / Issues:

    • Need LMS that better integrates and includes tools that we use in our classes.

Important Dates:

  • December 9 – Personal Day
  • December 11 – Vacation Time – AM (4h)
  • December 23 – Holiday (8h)
  • December 24 – Holiday (8h)
  • December 25 – Holiday (8h)
  • December 26 – Holiday (8h)
  • December 27 – Holiday (8h)
  • December 30 – Holiday (8h)
  • December 31 – Official Campus Closure (8h)
  • January 1 – Holiday (8h)
  • January 15 – Sick Time – AM (4h)
  • Feb 4 – Family Sick Time in AM (4h)
  • March 21 – Out of Office to make up for TLT Symposium

Reflection 11/11/13-11/15/13 & 11/18/13-11/22/13

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Accomplishments:

  • Prof Dev
  • Meetings
    • PSOCC subcommittee
      • I went to this because of being asked to go. Spent most of the time listening to conversation
      • Sounds like the committee is feeling a bit like they want a specific charge so that they feel like their time is being well spent
    • IST 220 Course Committee Meeting on 11/12
      • Talked about Virtual Labs
      • Honest conversations about short comings of present environment
      • I’m hopeful that this will allow for instructors to focus on objectives of the course instead of being forced to use something that doesn’t work
    • eConversations about cheating in online courses 11/14
      • Interesting conversation about the need to vary assessments
        • I tire of the sensational that boils up in these conversations.
    • Teaching Community Luncheaon — Soldier and Vet students 11/15
  • MOOC Work
    • Worked most of the past two weeks on EA MOOC pre-prosal site
  • Fall ’13 revisions/developments
    • IST 220 (Giacobe)
      • Received materials
      • Upon further inspection, there wasn’t much done with this materials. Hopefully, everything will stay on schedule.
      • Had to move back the latest deadline to Thursday 10/17
      • Received materials and need to add them to ANGEL
        • Added Ch 1 & 2 Assessments on 11/18
        • Added Ch 3 Assessment on 11/19
        • Talked with Nick f2f
          • Sent note 11/19 to follow up about items to be delivered
    • IST 402 (Jansen)
      • Meeting set up by Amy S for 6/12 to discuss new topic around Jim Jansen’s f2f 402 “The Google Online Marketing Challenge”
      • Sounds like a good idea from several perspectives:
        • student engagement via competition
        • marketing to students in other majors for minor
      • Few possible obstacles
        • Not enough students from other majors with complementary skills
        • Large need for synchronous meetings
        • Large time commitment
      • Email sent on 6/12 to Jim to set up meeting for June 24-28
        • Meeting planned for June 24 from 3-4
          • Looks like lots of captivates
          • Need to put together a process to share with him to make this streamlined
          • Need to have a drupal space created
          • He probably won’t be able to get me product until August 1
      • Put in request to IST Helpdesk to create ist402gomc site for Jansen’s course
        • received notification on 6/26 that this was done
        • sent a footprints request to set up the site on 6/27 to Ranjani and Will
        • Will overlayed template on the course
        • Allison enabled a few pages for course information & made a template syllabus
      • Amy S contacted Jim on 7/30
        • Jim got right back & asked about videos from the course, specifically screenr
        • after consulting with Will & Allison decided b/c of the changeable nature of the course that screenr process to mp4 to embedded in the course would be the best way to go
        • Jim sounded hesitant about process after I laid out the steps, but it is b/c he’s never done this before. Reassured and asked for feedback to improve process
      • Note from Jim on 8/8 about where to put content
        • Repurposed Saab’s 402 for Jim to use
      • Also asked by Jim about one lesson a week format
        • Told him to put things together using a topical approach, and we can figure out timing later
      • Received materials on 8/12 but it needs to be parsed out, added to the couse space, and send feedback to clarify expectations
      • Got this going and sent a note. Plan to meet f2f when he comes to the building on Wednesdays
      • First meeting was this Wednesday at 1:30. Went well and felt like I got through about the need to complete things asap
      • Updated info for WC on Monday 9/16
      • Sent a note on Tuesday 10/1 about needing to get materials.
      • Jim responded that he would dedicate the weekend to getting materials into the ANGEL dev space
      • Few emails over the weekend to clarify
      • Plan to meet on Wednesday 10/9
        • Good meeting. Here are items that we discussed:
          • Peer evals – sounds like we are going to be using google forms
          • Guest speak recording
            • Talked to Emily Spokus about how we could do this
              • Need to get more specifics so that we can use our resources
      • Met on 11/13 about what was in the site
        • Here were my suggestions
          • Split up syllabus and course schedule
          • Resolve the Week and Lesson conflicts in the schedule
          • Instead of having 2 folders for each week, use heads within one folder to seperate the items
          • Move links to readings from course schedule into ANGEL folders
          • Resolve the difference between due & to do on the course schedule
        • Noticed on quick look on 11/18 that most items were incorporated from our discussion
    • Personal Security MOOC
      • Went with Kent to speak with Gerry
      • Kent is getting this about to the ready stage
  • Fall ’13 Courses
  • Spring ’14 Courses
    • IST 110
      • Secs 001 & 002 (Jan)
        • Sent a note on Tues 10/1 about populating her sections for Spring ’14
        • Followed up on 11/1/13 and received a reply
        • Chris G helped in setting up section 001 on 11/5/13
      • Sec 003 (Borge)
        • Spoke with Marcela informally on Monday at Hispanic Heritage Lunch and she was okay with me copying over materials
        • Exported/Imported materials into Spring ’14 section on 10/8/13
          • Updated course schedule and set the course
          • Sent a note on 10/8/13 about completion
      • Sec 004 (Garbrick)
        • Set up in ANGEL
    • IST 111S
      • Sec 001 (Folkers)
        • Sent a note on 10/9/13 about getting the okay to copy materials into her Spring ’14 section
    • IST 210
      • Sec 001 (Aebli)
        • Sent note about putting mateials in his course space
          • Still hasn’t received approval to teach
          • Looks like he will teach, so will copy Summer ’13 materials into his section
            • Completed on 10/8/13 and email sent out
      • Sec 002 (Gary)
        • Sent note about putting materials in his course space
        • He thought that was a good idea
          • Completed on 10/8/13 and email sent out
      • Sec 003 (?)
        • Heads up on 11/22 that this will probably need to be added
        • Suggested Liz Thiry
    • IST 220
      • Sec 001 (Lee)
        • Sent note about putting materials in her course space
        • She thought it was a good idea
        • ANGEL upload on 10/9/13
      • Sec 002 (Mike)
        • Amy S sent note about new strategy to make courses more fair
          • Mike replied that he doesn’t even know that he’s approved
          • Mike is set to go
          • Chris G set up the site
    • IST 230
      • Sec 001 (Newcomer)
        • Sent note on 10/9 to confirm that he will be populating and setting up his own section.
    • IST 240
      • Sec 001 (Fred)
        • Planned meeting next week hopefully shores things up to populate his space
          • Hasn’t happened yet as of Wednesday 10/9/13, so I sent a note.
          • Met on 10/11/13
            • Plan is to populate Spring ’14 section with materials from his UP Fall ’13 section.
              • I’ll update the dates to reflect Spring ’14
              • Check in with him early next week to move to next step.
              • Chris populated on 11/15 and will fix the menu issues in the fonseca space
    • IST 250
      • Sec 001 (Wilson)
        • Asked about whether he would like to have his Fall ’12 section copied in or dev space
          • He said he’d get back to me next week
          • Had to follow up again on 11/1/13
          • Received reply and am populating with materials from Fall ’12
          • Ronda helped on 11/4/13 to begin the process & finished on 11/8/13
    • IST 260W
      • Sec 001 (Long)
        • Asked about whether he would like Fall ’13 or Spring ’13 copied in
          • He said Fall ’13, so plan is to populate next week
          • Completed by Chris during the week of 11/11-11/15
    • IST 295A
      • Sec 001 (Bertin)
        • Asked about whether she wanted me to set up the space or if she would do it.
          • She replied that she would like me to put materials in the section but would like more materials about teamwork.
          • Talked her during IST Statewide Meeting, & she will take care of the section
    • IST 295B
      • Sec 001 (Kari)
        • Plan to populate and contact her next week
        • Course completed by Ronda during the week of 11/11-11/15
        • Emailed on 11/18 that section was completed
    • IST 301
      • Sec 001 (Ocker)
        • Rosalie will do this and we’ll check the gradebook
      • Sec 002 (Lipton)
        • Tried to populate and set, but it didn’t work
        • Sent note to Rob to try
        • If that doesn’t work, we’ll populate with fresh copy of the course
    • IST 302
      • Sec 001 (Clark)
        • Set by Chris on 11/19
        • Emailed Shawn on 11/20
    • IST 331
      • Sec 001 (Wenk)
        • Course set up by Chris on 11/19
        • Emailed Emily on 11/20
    • IST 420
      • Merged Sec 001 & 002 (Hill Dutt)
        • Based upon our discussion from last week, I populated the course with Fall ’12 materials
          • Required some publishing of materials
          • Note on 11/22 that John will not be teaching
            • Made a couple of updates and added Abbi on 11/22
    • IST 421
      • Merged Sec 001 & 002 (Cantor)
        • Ronda will be handling the course set up
    • IST 440W
      • Merged Sec 001 & 002 (Jim)
        • Ronda set up the section initially on 11/5/13 and continued work on 11/8/13
        • Finished during the week of 11/11-11/15
    • IST 495
      • Set up the course on 11/18
      • Emailed Madhavi that section was completed

     

Ongoing Projects:

    • Updated google spreadsheet for Spring ’14 with known instructors
    • Emails to instructors to set up Spring ’14 spaces

Immediate Decisions / Issues:

    • Need LMS that better integrates and includes tools that we use in our classes.

Important Dates:

  • November 6 – Vacation Time – AM (4h)
  • November 13 – Vacation Time – AM (4h)
  • November 28 – Holiday (8h)
  • November 29 – Campus Closure- AM (8h)
  • Feb 4 – Family Sick Time in AM (4h)

Reflection 11/04/13-11/08/13

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Accomplishments:

  • Prof Dev
  • Meetings
    • Went to WC OB to meet with Program team with Amy & Amy
      • Good discussion about accessibility & costs
  • MOOC Work
    • Worked most of Friday on EA MOOC pre-prosal site
  • Fall ’13 revisions/developments
    • IST 220 (Giacobe)
      • Received materials
      • Upon further inspection, there wasn’t much done with this materials. Hopefully, everything will stay on schedule.
      • Had to move back the latest deadline to Thursday 10/17
      • Received materials and need to add them to ANGEL
    • IST 402 (Jansen)
      • Meeting set up by Amy S for 6/12 to discuss new topic around Jim Jansen’s f2f 402 “The Google Online Marketing Challenge”
      • Sounds like a good idea from several perspectives:
        • student engagement via competition
        • marketing to students in other majors for minor
      • Few possible obstacles
        • Not enough students from other majors with complementary skills
        • Large need for synchronous meetings
        • Large time commitment
      • Email sent on 6/12 to Jim to set up meeting for June 24-28
        • Meeting planned for June 24 from 3-4
          • Looks like lots of captivates
          • Need to put together a process to share with him to make this streamlined
          • Need to have a drupal space created
          • He probably won’t be able to get me product until August 1
      • Put in request to IST Helpdesk to create ist402gomc site for Jansen’s course
        • received notification on 6/26 that this was done
        • sent a footprints request to set up the site on 6/27 to Ranjani and Will
        • Will overlayed template on the course
        • Allison enabled a few pages for course information & made a template syllabus
      • Amy S contacted Jim on 7/30
        • Jim got right back & asked about videos from the course, specifically screenr
        • after consulting with Will & Allison decided b/c of the changeable nature of the course that screenr process to mp4 to embedded in the course would be the best way to go
        • Jim sounded hesitant about process after I laid out the steps, but it is b/c he’s never done this before. Reassured and asked for feedback to improve process
      • Note from Jim on 8/8 about where to put content
        • Repurposed Saab’s 402 for Jim to use
      • Also asked by Jim about one lesson a week format
        • Told him to put things together using a topical approach, and we can figure out timing later
      • Received materials on 8/12 but it needs to be parsed out, added to the couse space, and send feedback to clarify expectations
      • Got this going and sent a note. Plan to meet f2f when he comes to the building on Wednesdays
      • First meeting was this Wednesday at 1:30. Went well and felt like I got through about the need to complete things asap
      • Updated info for WC on Monday 9/16
      • Sent a note on Tuesday 10/1 about needing to get materials.
      • Jim responded that he would dedicate the weekend to getting materials into the ANGEL dev space
      • Few emails over the weekend to clarify
      • Plan to meet on Wednesday 10/9
        • Good meeting. Here are items that we discussed:
          • Peer evals – sounds like we are going to be using google forms
          • Guest speak recording
            • Talked to Emily Spokus about how we could do this
              • Need to get more specifics so that we can use our resources
    • Personal Security MOOC
      • Went with Kent to speak with Gerry
      • Kent is getting this about to the ready stage
  • Fall ’13 Courses
    • IST 240
      • Fonseca RI
        • Issue with drupal page, not populating. Need to hit source, type in something, then hit source again and save to get it to work.
    • IST 302
      • Sec 001 (Jan)
        • Note to WC addressed on 11/4/13 and email sent on 11/5/13
  • Spring ’14 Courses
    • IST 110
      • Secs 001 & 002 (Jan)
        • Sent a note on Tues 10/1 about populating her sections for Spring ’14
        • Followed up on 11/1/13 and received a reply
        • Chris G helped in setting up section 001 on 11/5/13
      • Sec 003 (Borge)
        • Spoke with Marcela informally on Monday at Hispanic Heritage Lunch and she was okay with me copying over materials
        • Exported/Imported materials into Spring ’14 section on 10/8/13
          • Updated course schedule and set the course
          • Sent a note on 10/8/13 about completion
      • Sec 004 (Garbrick)
        • in Blackboard
    • IST 111S
      • Sec 001 (Folkers)
        • Sent a note on 10/9/13 about getting the okay to copy materials into her Spring ’14 section
    • IST 210
      • Sec 001 (Aebli)
        • Sent note about putting mateials in his course space
          • Still hasn’t received approval to teach
          • Looks like he will teach, so will copy Summer ’13 materials into his section
            • Completed on 10/8/13 and email sent out
      • Sec 002 (Gary)
        • Sent note about putting materials in his course space
        • He thought that was a good idea
          • Completed on 10/8/13 and email sent out
    • IST 220
      • Sec 001 (Lee)
        • Sent note about putting materials in her course space
        • She thought it was a good idea
        • ANGEL upload on 10/9/13
      • Sec 002 (Mike)
        • Amy S sent note about new strategy to make courses more fair
          • Mike replied that he doesn’t even know that he’s approved
    • IST 230
      • Sec 001 (Newcomer)
        • Sent note on 10/9 to confirm that he will be populating and setting up his own section.
    • IST 240
      • Sec 001 (Fred)
        • Planned meeting next week hopefully shores things up to populate his space
          • Hasn’t happened yet as of Wednesday 10/9/13, so I sent a note.
          • Met on 10/11/13
            • Plan is to populate Spring ’14 section with materials from his UP Fall ’13 section.
              • I’ll update the dates to reflect Spring ’14
              • Check in with him early next week to move to next step.
    • IST 250
      • Sec 001 (Wilson)
        • Asked about whether he would like to have his Fall ’12 section copied in or dev space
          • He said he’d get back to me next week
          • Had to follow up again on 11/1/13
          • Received reply and am populating with materials from Fall ’12
          • Ronda helped on 11/4/13 to begin the process & finished on 11/8/13
    • IST 260W
      • Sec 001 (Long)
        • Asked about whether he would like Fall ’13 or Spring ’13 copied in
          • He said Fall ’13, so plan is to populate next week
    • IST 295A
      • Sec 001 (Bertin)
        • Asked about whether she wanted me to set up the space or if she would do it.
          • She replied that she would like me to put materials in the section but would like more materials about teamwork.
    • IST 295B
      • Sec 001 (Kari)
        • Plan to populate and contact her next week
    • IST 420
      • Merged Sec 001 & 002 (Hill)
        • Based upon our discussion from last week, I populated the course with Fall ’12 materials
          • Required some unpublishing of materials
    • IST 440W
      • Merged Sec 001 & 002 (Jim)
        • Ronda set up the section initially on 11/5/13 and continued work on 11/8/13

     

Ongoing Projects:

    • Updated google spreadsheet for Spring ’14 with known instructors
    • Emails to instructors to set up Spring ’14 spaces

Immediate Decisions / Issues:

    • Need LMS that better integrates and includes tools that we use in our classes.

Important Dates:

  • November 6 – Vacation Time – AM (4h)
  • November 13 – Vacation Time – AM (4h)
  • November 28 – Holiday (8h)
  • November 29 – Campus Closure- AM (8h)
  • Feb 4 – Family Sick Time in AM (4h)

Reflection 7/22/13-7/26/13

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Accomplishments:

    • IST 220
      • 2 notes from Nick G about items that he’d like to see done to improve the course
        • One is about a screen cast that shows how to do a screen cap in VHOL
        • One is about creating a better survey in ANGEL for team creation
        • Received another note from Nick about cloudshark
          • The way that he’s thinking of implementing it would erase many of the IT related issues that we currently have
          • It would also allow us to focus our efforts on exactly what we want students to learn
          • Emailed Amy S & Nick about getting together to talk about major revision that Nick has planned
      • Met on 5/2 from 11:00-12:00 to discuss
        • He would like OIDI to create a virtual Finite State Machine
        • He included a powerpoint with examples of what he would like
        • Need to assemble a team to get this rolling
        • Spoke with Allison and Ranjani about possible participation in this project
        • Emailed Marc on 5/31 about getting together to discuss the project
        • Meeting planned for 6/5 concerning project
        • Alison, Ranjani, and Will are working on the project. Plan to meet in a week or so
        • Ranjani sent a prototype for Marc to view on 6/26
    • IST 230 (Newcomer)
      • The truth tables are completed
        • Feedback from Kent about video on the page (& in the rest of the course)
          • Would be nice to point students more clearly on where to start the tables – Done
          • Can make the video accessible by ios devices. Here is an evernote on how.
      • Email sent to Larry on 4/9
        • Reply from Toni D; positive about the final product
      • Amy G pointed me to some resources that were available from the past.
        • I plan to take a closer look and share with Larry for possible inclusion in later semesters
      • Note from Larry on 5/9 that there is something that needs to be fixed
        • Emailed Greg for help
        • This should have been done earlier but it’s another reason we need professional ed tech
        • Texted Greg on 5/31 and worked with Ranjani to fix the issue
      • Eric is starting work on making videos accessible by mobile on 7/1
    • IST 240 (Fonseca)
      • Talked to Lisa and she was going to touchbase with Mary Beth about reforming committee
      • Meeting on 5/1 about the course with Fred rescheduled for 5/8 b/c of grading needs
        • Meeting again rescheduled for 5/15 b/c of being behind
      • Received note on 5/20 that Fred could make meeting this week, so I shared my feelings about the project getting behind.
        • He sent me materials and nice note.
      • Moved Hal’s materials into an Archive folder in the dev section and deleted gradebook
      • Updated the course and made a few more adjustments based upon the file sent and a google+ hangout session on 5/23 & 24
      • Received an email on 5/29 that Fred changed his mind and is revamping the course
      • Looked more closely over the edits and plan to make adjustements next week when I have time
      • Fred sent me materials up through Lesson 11 over the weekend
        • Plan to work with Ranjani on setting up the course
      • Meeting planned for 6/24 on google hangout from 1:30-2:30
        • Able to determine a few items for the course. Here are my notes:
          • When: Jun 24, 2013 1:30:00 PM
            Where: Google hangout
            Proposed Agenda

            Syllabus

            • I did a bit of rewriting to firm up the syllabus and fit other items into the standard template
              • See Course Objectives
              • See Materials
              • See Tech Specs
              • See Grading & Assignments
            • Can’t find Sams text about Java in Safari Books. – found under java development
              • Should we be asking students to purchase this?
              • Or should we move to a different text.

            Final Project

            • Reworked Project Overview
            • Added Evaluation to Rubric in ANGEL to connect to dropbox

            Lesson 00 contents

            • Need criteria for survey – file sent

            Lesson 01 contents

            • Talk about basic flow for the lesson – put content on drupal, the order should b
              • Content
              • Labs
              • Assignment
      • On 6/25, began to move things into drupal and could see that there is a ton to process
      • Help from Amy G to think about how to leverage student help
      • Put place holders in ANGEL with materials from Fred
      • On 6/25 & 26 able to get materials into drupal for Lessons 1 & 2. Plan to add one per day until it is all in
      • On 6/27 able to get materials into drupal for Lesson 3.
      • On 6/28 finished Lesson 4 and Allison did Lesson 5, 6, & 8. Will finished up Lesson 9 and updated content to formatted.
      • Also, Will and I worked on making the self assessments open upon submission in ANGEL. Need to send a ticket to ANGEL Support next week about this.
    • IST 250 (Bixler)
      • Met with Brett on 1/30 to discuss adjustments
        • Mostly items that Brett will fix
        • He will send me changes to the curriculum as Word docs for me to update
        • Sent Brett a meeting request for Wed. 7/24 from 1:30-2:30
          • We met, & I received items to adjust the course with
    • IST 302 (Clark)
      • Sent note to Shawn about new text
        • He replied that if the book changed significantly we would have to do a revision
          • I sent a reply back to let him know that it didn’t change much and to see if he needed a copy
          • He said yes, and I sent a request to Kathy W on 4/8
          • Checked in with Amy S about the possibility of revision
          • I don’t think it’s necessary
            • Talked briefly with Shawn on 5/21 that I didn’t think the course needed a revision
            • Received the book and clarified with James C on 5/31 that we were going with the 7th edition
          • Jan said that she planned to add quizzes to the course
    • IST 402 (Jansen)
      • Meeting set up by Amy S for 6/12 to discuss new topic around Jim Jansen’s f2f 402 “The Google Online Marketing Challenge”
      • Sounds like a good idea from several perspectives:
        • student engagement via competition
        • marketing to students in other majors for minor
      • Few possible obstacles
        • Not enough students from other majors with complementary skills
        • Large need for synchronous meetings
        • Large time commitment
      • Email sent on 6/12 to Jim to set up meeting for June 24-28
        • Meeting planned for June 24 from 3-4
          • Looks like lots of captivates
          • Need to put together a process to share with him to make this streamlined
          • Need to have a drupal space created
          • He probably won’t be able to get me product until August 1
      • Put in request to IST Helpdesk to create ist402gomc site for Jansen’s course
        • received notification on 6/26 that this was done
        • sent a footprints request to set up the site on 6/27 to Ranjani and Will
        • Will overlayed template on the course
  • Summer ’13 Courses
    • IST 230
      • Sec 001 (Larry)
        • No time to grade or call Larry this week b/c of catching up from the iTech Academy
  • Fall ’13 Courses
    • IST 110
      • Sec 001 (Garbrick)
        • Ok from Amy G to copy last version into the space
        • Export/Import done on 6/4
        • Let Amy that it was done and ready for her to set up
      • Sec 002 (M. Lipton)
        • Checked in about copying in last version of the course into her space on 5/31
          • Reply on 6/1 that it was okay
        • Finally got to uploading on 6/12 and emailed Mary
      • Sec 003 ()
        • See it on my profile, but no word of what is going on
    • IST 111S
      • Sec 001 (Deirdre)
        • Emailed Deirdre on 6/12 about populating her space
        • Received note on 6/17 that she needs to make a few adjustments before this should be done
        • I replied that I would bring the course over on July 1 if I hadn’t heard anything
        • Set up the section & sent email to Deirdre on July 1
    • IST 210
      • Sec 001 (Gary)
        • Started on 6/13 after consultation
          • Finished & ready for Fall ’13
      • Sec 002 (Liz)
        • Started on 6/13 after consultation
          • Finished & ready for Fall ’13
    • IST 220
      • Sec 001 (Mike)
        • Populated & finished the course on 7/22
        • Note from Mike that he’d like the Collaborate sessions to be published
          • working with Eric on getting these ready for his section
      • Sec 002 (Hyunjeong)
        • Populated the course on 7/17
        • Finished setting it up on 7/22
    • IST 260W
      • Sec 001 (Long)
        • Note from Amy S on 6/26 that the section is filled and adding Wilson for section 002
          • Sent out note on 6/26 about populating section next Monday
          • Finished setting up the course on 7/9
      • Sec 002 (Wilson)
        • Sent out note on 6/26 about populating section next Monday
        • Finished setting up the course on 7/10
    • IST 295B
      • Sec 001 (Kari)
        • Finished setting up the course on 7/9
    • IST 301
      • Sec 001 (Jan)
        • Sent email on 6/26 letting her know that I populated section from Spring ’13 into her Fall ’13 section
        • Completed the course set up on 7/1
    • IST 302
      • Sec 001 (Jan)
        • Started on 6/13 because she would like to add exams for each lesson
          • My part is done
    • IST 331
      • Sec 001 (Wenk)
        • Set up the course on 6/17 based upon sp13 version upon Bill’s request
        • Talked to Emily on 6/18 via google+ hangout about the course
        • Plan is to have a 3-way conversation with Bill about how best to set the course up for her in Fall
          • Did this on 7/22
            • I deleted the materials from the course & copied over Summer ’13 materials from Bill’s course
            • Plan to have video on paper prototyping added to drupal
              • Eric working on this part
    • IST 402
      • Sec 001 (Jansen)
        • Received a note that he wants the section populated
        • Didn’t find this on my profile, so asked him to add me if he sees it on his
        • They added Melissa instead of me, so Jim added me.
        • Set up the section and sent him an email on 6/5
    • IST 420
      • Secs 001 & 002 (Ocker)
        • merged secs 001 & 002 together
    • IST 421
      • Secs 001 & 002 (Cantor)
        • merged secs 001 & 002 together
    • IST 440W
      • Sec 001 (Jim W)
        • Populated on 7/9
      • Sec 002 (Rob L)
        • Populated on 7/9
    • IST 495
      • Sec 001 (Kari)
        • Populated and notified Madhavi

Ongoing Projects:

    • Updated google spreadsheet for Fall ’13 google schreadsheet 

Immediate Decisions / Issues:

    • Need LMS that better integrates and includes tools that we use in our classes.

Important Dates:

  • July 2 Sick Day – Family 4h, Self 4h
  • July 4 Holiday
  • July 5 Vacation Day – 8h
  • July 11 Vacation Day – 8h
  • July 12 Vacation Day – 8h
  • August 19 Vacation Day – 8h
  • August 20 Vacation Day – 8h
  • August 26 Vacation Day – 8h

Learning Design Community Meeting 07/26/13

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Invigorated by my time at Learning Design Summer Camp, so I got myself to July 2013 Community Meeting. Angela Dick & Megan Kohler shared their experiences on how the MOOC’s are going.

Since Angela was working on the art mooc & Megan is working on the Epidemics MOOC. I found myself comparing & contrasting both of their experiences.

Here are some similarities:

  • Target audiences in the MOOC’s are varied and always moving. This can be one of the issues with preparing for the experience. It is interesting to know that seasoned artists would be interested in an intro to art course. Sounds like since the Epidemics course is open & free that many from the medical education community are going to use the course as an opportunity to give their students a chance to apply their knowledge and skills. I would imagine that this will not be the only type of learner. It’s refreshing to see those from different walks of life get an opportunity to share a learning experience. I’ll be interested to hear more about the interaction.
  • Short timeline for preparation
  • Issues with the backend of Coursera

Here are some differences:

  • Design team constitution. Art had 2 id’s, 2 videographers, an instructor, and a ta while Epidemics has 8 faculty, 3 graphic designers, an id, and a production crew
  • Costs. It sounded like Art didn’t have as much of a budget while the Epidemics course is way over their allotted 50 K budget (actual spending is several millions.

I have some other thoughts that resonated with me:

  • As Megan talked about her experience of designing without objectives and goals that you have to think differently about MOOC’s because of the time for development and other factors. I was reminded of the ELI Annual Meeting that Cassandra Horrii & Leslie Maxfield talking about having to think about certain factors when creating MOOC’s in their session Roadmap to Launching a MOOC. Here is what Cassandra & Leslie presented along with some of my thoughts: https://sites.psu.edu/rep129blog/2013/02/07/eli-meeting-day-3/. 
  • Angela was surprised at how serious the students in the Arts course were despite it being a free an open experience.
  • The notion of cost came up a few times. I’m not sure we can currently know the financial impact of MOOC’s. I’m sure that much of the benefit lies in the future. But are the initial, up-front costs too much to overcome? This is a question that will be answered soon, I’m sure.

Reflection 6/10/13-6/14/13

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Accomplishments:

    • Personal Security open, online course
      • MOOC progress
        • Finished questions for Module 7-12
        • Consulted with Allison and Erik about best way to do the MOOC and made notes on the shared notes document
    • IST 220
      • 2 notes from Nick G about items that he’d like to see done to improve the course
        • One is about a screen cast that shows how to do a screen cap in VHOL
        • One is about creating a better survey in ANGEL for team creation
      • Met on 5/2 from 11:00-12:00 to discuss
        • He would like OIDI to create a virtual Finite State Machine
        • He included a powerpoint with examples of what he would like
        • Need to assemble a team to get this rolling
        • Spoke with Allison and Ranjani about possible participation in this project
        • Emailed Marc on 5/31 about getting together to discuss the project
        • Meeting planned for 6/5 concerning project
    • IST 230 (Newcomer)
      • The truth tables are completed
        • Feedback from Kent about video on the page (& in the rest of the course)
          • Would be nice to point students more clearly on where to start the tables – Done
          • Can make the video accessible by ios devices. Here is an evernote on how.
      • Email sent to Larry on 4/9
        • Reply from Toni D; positive about the final product
      • Amy G pointed me to some resources that were available from the past.
        • I plan to take a closer look and share with Larry for possible inclusion in later semesters
      • Note from Larry on 5/9 that there is something that needs to be fixed
        • Emailed Greg for help
        • This should have been done earlier but it’s another reason we need professional ed tech
        • Texted Greg on 5/31 and worked with Ranjani to fix the issue
    • IST 240 (Fonseca)
      • Talked to Lisa and she was going to touchbase with Mary Beth about reforming committee
      • Meeting on 5/1 about the course with Fred rescheduled for 5/8 b/c of grading needs
        • Meeting again rescheduled for 5/15 b/c of being behind
      • Received note on 5/20 that Fred could make meeting this week, so I shared my feelings about the project getting behind.
        • He sent me materials and nice note.
      • Moved Hal’s materials into an Archive folder in the dev section and deleted gradebook
      • Updated the course and made a few more adjustments based upon the file sent and a google+ hangout session on 5/23 & 24
      • Received an email on 5/29 that Fred changed his mind and is revamping the course
      • Looked more closely over the edits and plan to make adjustements next week when I have time
    • IST 250 (Bixler)
      • Met with Brett on 1/30 to discuss adjustments
        • Mostly items that Brett will fix
        • He will send me changes to the curriculum as Word docs for me to update
    • IST 302 (Clark)
      • Sent note to Shawn about new text
        • He replied that if the book changed significantly we would have to do a revision
          • I sent a reply back to let him know that it didn’t change much and to see if he needed a copy
          • He said yes, and I sent a request to Kathy W on 4/8
          • Checked in with Amy S about the possibility of revision
          • I don’t think it’s necessary
            • Talked briefly with Shawn on 5/21 that I didn’t think the course needed a revision
            • Received the book and clarified with James C on 5/31 that we were going with the 7th edition
    • IST 402 (Jansen)
      • Meeting set up by Amy S for 6/12 to discuss new topic around Jim Jansen’s f2f 402 “The Google Online Marketing Challenge”
      • Sounds like a good idea from several perspectives:
        • student engagement via competition
        • marketing to students in other majors for minor
      • Few possible obstacles
        • Not enough students from other majors with complementary skills
        • Large need for synchronous meetings
        • Large time commitment
      • Email sent on 6/12 to Jim to set up meeting for June 24-28
  • Summer ’13 Courses
    • IST 210
      • Sec 001
        • Gary asked about macs and visio
          • Called him on 6/12 and left message
            • Called him back on 6/13 and confirmed answer
            • Also sent note to IST Helpdesk about updating site for browser-based access to vlabs
    • IST 230
      • Sec 001 (Larry)
        • Graded 20 quizzes from Quiz 3 on 6/10 and 6/11
        • Students did well
        • Attended Collaborate session to see how it goes
        • Finished reviewing material for Lesson 4 on 6/13
    • IST 331
      • Sec 001 (Cantor)
        • Received note about using a video in BB Collaborate
          • Suggested because of lack of audio and issues with rendering to post the video in the course and have them watch
    • IST 420
      • Merged (Rosalie)
        • Received audio pptx for Lesson 4 and added to drupal site on 6/5
        • Added a link in ANGEL on 6/5
        • Followed up with an email on 6/5
  • Fall ’13 Courses
    • IST 110
      • Sec 001 (Garbrick)
        • Ok from Amy G to copy last version into the space
        • Export/Import done on 6/4
        • Let Amy that it was done and ready for her to set up
      • Sec 002 (M. Lipton)
        • Checked in about copying in last version of the course into her space on 5/31
          • Reply on 6/1 that it was okay
        • Finally got to uploading on 6/12 and emailed Mary
    • IST 111S
      • Sec 001 (Deirdre)
        • Emailed Deirdre on 6/12 about populating her space
    • IST 210
      • Sec 001 (Gary)
        • Started on 6/13 after consultation
      • Sec 002 (Liz)
        • Started on 6/13 after consultation
    • IST 302
      • Sec 001 (Jan)
        • Started on 6/13 because she would like to add exams for each lesson
    • IST 402
      • Sec 001 (Jansen)
        • Received a note that he wants the section populated
        • Didn’t find this on my profile, so asked him to add me if he sees it on his
        • They added Melissa instead of me, so Jim added me.
        • Set up the section and sent him an email on 6/5

Ongoing Projects:

    • Updated google spreadsheet for Fall ’13 google schreadsheet 

Immediate Decisions / Issues:

    • Need LMS that better integrates and includes tools that we use in our classes.

Important Dates:

  • June 3 Vacation Time – 4h AM
  • June 10 Vacation Time – 4h AM
  • June 14 Vacation Day – 8h
  • June 20 Vacation Day – 8h
  • July 2 Sick Day – Family 4h, Self 4h
  • July 4 Holiday
  • July 5 Vacation Day – 8h
  • July 11 Vacation Day – 8h
  • July 12 Vacation Day – 8h
  • August 19 Vacation Day – 8h
  • August 20 Vacation Day – 8h

Reflection 5/27/13-5/31/13

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Accomplishments:

    • Personal Security MOOC
      • MOOC progress
        • Completed Module 6 questions on 5/29/13
    • IST 220 (Friedenberg)
      • 2 notes from Nick G about items that he’d like to see done to improve the course
        • One is about a screen cast that shows how to do a screen cap in VHOL
        • One is about creating a better survey in ANGEL for team creation
      • Met on 5/2 from 11:00-12:00 to discuss
        • He would like OIDI to create a virtual Finite State Machine
        • He included a powerpoint with examples of what he would like
        • Need to assemble a team to get this rolling
        • Spoke with Allison and Ranjani about possible participation in this project
        • Emailed Marc on 5/31 about getting together to discuss the project
    • IST 230 (Newcomer)
      • The truth tables are completed
        • Feedback from Kent about video on the page (& in the rest of the course)
          • Would be nice to point students more clearly on where to start the tables – Done
          • Can make the video accessible by ios devices. Here is an evernote on how.
      • Email sent to Larry on 4/9
        • Reply from Toni D; positive about the final product
      • Amy G pointed me to some resources that were available from the past.
        • I plan to take a closer look and share with Larry for possible inclusion in later semesters
      • Note from Larry on 5/9 that there is something that needs to be fixed
        • Emailed Greg for help
        • This should have been done earlier but it’s another reason we need professional ed tech
        • Texted Greg on 5/31 and worked with Ranjani to fix the issue
    • IST 240 (Fonseca)
      • Talked to Lisa and she was going to touchbase with Mary Beth about reforming committee
      • Meeting on 5/1 about the course with Fred rescheduled for 5/8 b/c of grading needs
        • Meeting again rescheduled for 5/15 b/c of being behind
      • Received note on 5/20 that Fred could make meeting this week, so I shared my feelings about the project getting behind.
        • He sent me materials and nice note.
      • Moved Hal’s materials into an Archive folder in the dev section and deleted gradebook
      • Updated the course and made a few more adjustments based upon the file sent and a google+ hangout session on 5/23 & 24
      • Received an email on 5/29 that Fred changed his mind and is revamping the course
      • Looked more closely over the edits and plan to make adjustements next week when I have time
    • IST 250 (Bixler)
      • Met with Brett on 1/30 to discuss adjustments
        • Mostly items that Brett will fix
        • He will send me changes to the curriculum as Word docs for me to update
    • IST 302 (Clark)
      • Sent note to Shawn about new text
        • He replied that if the book changed significantly we would have to do a revision
          • I sent a reply back to let him know that it didn’t change much and to see if he needed a copy
          • He said yes, and I sent a request to Kathy W on 4/8
          • Checked in with Amy S about the possibility of revision
          • I don’t think it’s necessary
            • Talked briefly with Shawn on 5/21 that I didn’t think the course needed a revision
            • Received the book and clarified with James C on 5/31 that we were going with the 7th edition

  • Summer ’13 Courses
    • IST 210
      • Sec 001 (Gary)
        • Received email on 5/30 from Gary that he needed the word version of the lab 0 file to make an update
      • Sec 002 (Fred)
        • Question from Fred about which Helpdesk to send to
            • bit surprised that this was still a question – good reminder
    • IST 220
      • Sec 002 (Mike)
        • Still working through a VHOL connection issue with a student
          • appears to be more user error than anything
          • still reinforces that there is still work to be done on VHOL for the future
    • IST 230
      • Sec 001 (Larry)
        • Graded 10 quizzes from Quiz 1
    • IST 240
      • Sec 001 (Hal)
        • More discussion about costs for accessiblity by Mike and Anita
        • Hal liked the real-time transcription
    • IST 420
      • Merged (Rosalie)
        • Received audio pptx for Lesson 3 and added to drupal site on 5/29
        • Forgot to add a link in ANGEL so tied that up on 5/31
  • Fall ’13 Courses
    • IST 110
      • Sec 001 (Garbrick)
        • Ok from Amy G to copy last version into the space
      • Sec 002 (M. Lipton)
        • Checked in about copying in last version of the course into her space on 5/31

Ongoing Projects:

    • Updated google spreadsheet for Fall ’13 google schreadsheet 

Immediate Decisions / Issues:

    • Need LMS that better integrates and includes tools that we use in our classes.

Important Dates:

  • May 3 Vacation Day – 8h
  • May 6 Vacation Day – 8h
  • May 9 Vacation Time – 2h AM
  • May 23 Vacation Time – 4h PM
  • May 27 Memorial Day – Holiday
  • May 28 Vacation Time – 4h AM/PM
  • June 3 Vacation Time – 4h AM
  • June 10 Vacation Time – 4h AM
  • June 14 Vacation Day – 8h
  • June 20 Vacation Day – 8h
  • July 4 Holiday
  • July 5 Vacation Day – 8h
  • July 11 Vacation Day – 8h
  • July 12 Vacation Day – 8h
  • August 19 Vacation Day – 8h
  • August 20 Vacation Day – 8h