Oct. 3, 2003

T-119

Present: Ann Adams, Diane Bauer, Lynn Bain, Beth Camp, Linda Carroll, Marlene Propst, Lori Rowton, Mark Weiss, Paul Snyder, Diane Watson, Mike Holland, Ed Watson, Marcy Shanks, and John Griffith.

Diane opened the meeting by recognizing Beth Camp on recently receiving an award from the Council for Teachers of English Excellence. Her peers recognized her for technological innovations in teaching. Beth thanked Jonathon Pederson and Kate Johnson for their outstanding efforts and tireless commitment in providing instructional support to staff and students.

DEIT Subcommittee Reports:

q Training Subcommittee (Ann Adams). Ann reports that she could use some volunteers to be on the training subcommittee, as she is the only member at this time. She shared with the group that Information Services and Media Services put on a two hour Tool Time Tech Tips activity during inservice in September. These 5-10 minute mini-sessions were repeated to accommodate as many busy staff schedules as possible. A CD containing printable copies of the handouts from each mini-session was made available to all attendees, as well as to those who could not attend. Though there was lower attendance for this year’s activity, the feedback and surveys received were very positive. Lori Rowton is collating the results of the surveys.

□ Technology Initiatives Subcommittee (Linda Carroll and Marcy Shanks). Committee members: Diane Bauer, John Griffith, Rob Williams, Paul Snyder Linda Carroll, and Marcy Shanks. Linda Carroll and Diane Bauer reported that this committee is focusing on two key areas: student feedback through the current pre and post surveys as well as looking at indicators related to instructional design and tools that are being used in distributed course and secondly the group is looking at instructor evaluations for distributed courses.

The TLT Flashlight indicators need to be reviewed for their applicability college wide as well as within departments who are using distance delivery methods. Ed Watson asked if this subcommittee could look at a way to measure student learning for face-to face classes, as well as, online courses. Ed specifically asked that final grades and work on assignments that are comparable such as papers be compared to see if there are differences. In addition, Ed asked if this evaluation could be done across a different discipline when measuring student retention and application in the real world. Linda said the committee would look in to a way to do this. In addition, the committee will continue to look at technology assessment, including what equipment is being used, how it’s being used, etc. in order to plan for future needs and resources.

q Strategic Planning Subcommittee (Beth Camp). Committee members: Beth Camp, Ann Adams, Diane Bauer, Mike Holland, Paul Snyder, Ed Watson, Mark Weiss, David Becker and Jerry Wille. Beth announced the committee members, and mentioned that in the future Diane Bauer, as new Chair of DEIT, would be leading this committee. Beth also made the suggestion that this committee work on creating a basic/intermediate level toolbox of technology skills, and a skill set for “beginner” faculty using technology.

Diane Bauer noted that the DEIT Operating Guidelines indicate that a student representative be part of the DEIT full committee meetings. It was suggested by Diane Watson that Diane B. get in touch with Tammi Paul-Bryant of Student Programming to get a name for student representation. Mike Holland noted that decisions still need to be made regarding future facility needs, capital improvements, and future technologies with the help of input and feedback from this committee.

□ Student Support Subcommittee (Diane Watson and Marlene Propst). Web Presence Committee members: Marlene Propst, Paul Snyder, Kate Johnson, Michael Dowless, Vern Smith, Joe Sherlock, Lesley Jones, Jonathan Pedersen. Marlene announced that the new “DEIT” web page is now active. Information continues to be collected to make it a cohesive website. Beth will be submitting electronic files of the 2002-2003 year-end reports, and the minutes from each meeting will be posted to this site. Student Services committee members: Ann Adams, Virgil Agnew, Adero Allison, Lynn Bain, Beth Camp, Bruce Clemetsen, Jim Huckestein, Kristen Jones, Jan Konzack, Brenda Pace, Tammi Paul Bryant, Lance Popoff, John Snyder, Paul Snyder, Diane Watson, Chareane Wimbley-Gouveia, and Susan Sheythe. Diane Watson reported that the following projects continue to move forward: upgrade of the new online student orientation, enhancements for the online Career Center, work on the online Learning Center, research for DEIT Grants for Tutor Training, creating a process for Early Responder to provide intervention for student success, and online skills camp.

q Technology Infrastructure Subcommittee (Paul Snyder). Committee members: Paul Snyder, Ken Long and Phil Krolick. Paul highlighted that LBCC now has a cable channel in Benton County. With this cable channel, LBCC can now bring in programming from other institutions and programming from Annenberg, which allows a wider accessibility for students and the general public as a whole. Paul told the committee that students have already contacted him by phone asking questions about the programs on this new channel. The next goal is to provide cable access to Linn County, which hopefully will happen within the next year. Paul’s also shared that Blackboard is quickly becoming “the” course format for all LBCC courses. Diane Bauer added that there has been a substantial increase in staff using blackboard since the beginning of summer term 2003.

NEXT MEETING: DEIT’s next meeting will be scheduled during the 7^th week of Fall term.

Minutes submitted by L. Rowton and D. Bauer