November 16, 2001

Takena 119

Present: Ann Adams, Diane Bauer, Lynn Bain, Beth Camp, Mike Holland, Marlene Propst, Lori Rowton, Paul Snyder, Diane Watson, Dave Coreson, Chareane Wimbley-Gouvia, Sharyn Smith, John Griffith and Susan Knights.

Steve Gilbert Visit January 3. Beth opened the meeting by handing out a flier for Steve Gilbert’s upcoming visit on January 3 and encouraging DEIT committee members to attend as well as other interested faculty. This is an exceptional opportunity for us to work on planning with a national leader in facilitating change. Two sessions have been scheduled, both in the Fireside Room. The first session (from 9:30-12:00) is intended for a general audience and will invite us to discuss why we should “bother” about technology. The second session (from 1:30-4:00) will invite us to work more specifically on identifying what our minimum technology platform should be and what level of support should be available to faculty.

DEIT subcommittees Subcommittee Reports: Goals and Tasks

q Curriculum. Due to Carol Schaafsma’s recent promotion, the Curriculum Committee will need a new chair person. There was no news to report as the committee has not yet met. Diane Bauer volunteered to serve as a co-chair.

q Instructional Technology/Infrastructure. Paul Snyder reported that Ken Long, Susan Knights and Don Stangle have been added to the subcommittee as new members. The subcommittee will work to increase campus awareness and appropriate usage of the LBCC ITV network and to improve reporting of the DEIT Tech Fee committee activities. Paul, Don, and Susan plan to attend the Academic Affairs meeting Nov. 20th to make a presentation on ITV and have a discussion on future programming possibilities. Paul has also arranged with Karen Chambers and Susan Knight to do a demo in the ITV classroom (T119) for the weekly "Best Practices" presentations on how an ITV class works and transmits to the centers. Susan Knight has a student of hers who will volunteer to be at the Sweet Home Center.

q Resource/Solutions (Barriers). Paul Snyder reported that the Nursing Department has developed several online modules for their program, using BlackBoard, to test the stability of that platform. We could pilot such courses at $100 per course. following last year’s work on evaluating course management authoring systems. However, BlackBoard’s rapid growth has affected customer support and cost. To have access to unlimited courses delivered via our server using BlackBoard software would cost LBCC about $5,000 each year. This subcommittee hopes to put BlackBoard into a decision package for funding by the tech fee committee.

q Student Support. Diane Watson provided a summary of this subcommittee’s activities by reporting that several of their group’s goals are close to being met or are actively being worked on. For example: application forms are soon to be available on the web, Adero is developing a website for disability services, a revised new student orientation site will be coming via the web, and in the near future, online tutoring could be available.

q Web Presence. Marlene reported that this committee now has 8 members and meets monthly, working on their 9 goals for improving campus awareness of DEIT and distributed learning. They will be putting DEIT topics in the Communicator, including a regular "I Didn't Know I Could Do That" article, information about Steve Gilbert activities and information sessions. Marlene updated the status of the college URL. Ann Adams is now filing the necessary paperwork to have the college's URL changed to linnbenton.edu. This is welcome news to many of us. Marlene also mentioned that much progress is being made on the process of updating LBCC's website and giving it a new look.

q Strategic Planning. Beth reported that she has been elected chair of this subcommittee. Another faculty member was added to the Subcommittee, David Becker, bringing the total to 4 faculty and 4 managers on this subcommittee. She noted that the committee has met three times and is coordinating Steve Gilbert’s visit on January 3 and discussing what longer term mission the college should have for distributed learning.

Professional Development. Beth also reported that Marti needs a grid that explains what skills are needed for developing online courses and their components and how much time is needed for these activities. This will help her committee do a better job of funding online project proposals. Currently, only person is supported by a DEIT Innovation Grant. This led to discussion on new recruitment measures, and a request that the Resource/Solutions Committee address this lack of participation.

Paul Snyder said that although enrollment has been low in Media Services workshops, the faculty who have been attending are very positive in their feedback. Beth told the committee members that Gail Dameworth will work on the "Boot Camp " online tutorial for faculty. Paul added that the funding for the "Boot Camp" tutorial for staff has bogged down until state money can be applied for and awarded. We are hoping to work on a pilot or model state-wide project so we can share resources with other community colleges, rather than start from the beginning as many pieces are already on line. Additionally, the Friday afternoon “Best Practices” are starting to pick up attendance. On November 16, Michael Weiss presented his web pages, Jim Crotts highlighted changes in the online class schedule, Steve Oldenstadt showed his online class to an audience of about 16 staff.

FOLLOWUP: Committee members requested an organization chart and definition of each committee. Beth will see this is prepared along with a list of current members.

NEXT MEETING: DEIT’s next meeting will be set sometime around the 7th week of winter term.