Demonstration Project
Demonstration Project
Faculty Development Advisory Committee
Persons attending: Mark Blackington-UCF Transition to Teaching, Paul Blais-VCC, Scott Bradley-Sonalysts-Inc., Hendra Djaya-BCC, Pat Fleming-CFCC, Linda Hayes-Gallegos-UCF Continuing Education, Elaine Greenwood-SCC, Alice Hanson-UCF Computer Store, Joel Hartman-UCF Information Technologies, Lynn Labrake-UCF Library, Steve Lytle-UCF/HPA, Keva Miller-UCF, Lucy Morse-/CFCHE, Rusty Okoneiwski-CFCHE, Bill Patterson/CFCHE, John P. Scarpino-SCC, Reneé Simpson-DBCC, Travis Spaulding-UCF, Barbara Truman/CFCHE, Jerry Ventre-UCF/Florida Solar Energy Center, Angela Williams/SCC
Steve Lytle, chair, opened the meeting at 9:40 am. Introductions were made and Lucy Morse gave an overall report on the progress of the Distance Learning Demonstration Project.
Morse said the three components of the grant are progressing through their meetings that the third component was this group: Learner Support. The current focus is on the assessment tool (chart) on services offered at all the institutions. Someone asked whether the grant would also cover elementary and middle schools. Morse said that the grant was focusing on undergraduate education and that K-12 would be addressed as a follow up. Some high schools such as Edgewater are very interested in distance education.
Lytle asked to work on agenda item 2: the campus survey tool. He explained that the goal was to find out what services were offered and that members verify that services actually are in place, working. Morse clarified that only one survey need be completed for every campus.
Next Lytle introduced Joel Hartman, UCF's vice provost of information technologies, who made a presentation on technology at UCF.
Discussion on Learner Support:
Morse said the committee looked at surveying services after the last Learner Support advisory committee meeting with Steve Eskow from the electronic university. She said this campus survey would be performed first, then a student survey would follow. Hartman suggested demonstrating sets of technology tools to students to see their reactions, then look at building models with two benefits: to observe, measure, research and then use them. Rusty Okoniewski said we need to find out why some students use regular registration versus phone registration to measure attitudes of why students choose what they use. Spaulding suggested that if we could help community colleges figure out what their students need, that would be a great service.
Measurable outcomes from the survey instrument: Lytle suggested that the committee hold a separate working meeting on developing a student assessment tool. Williams said she feared that the assessment might reveal the desire for services that are not feasible for community college's with their limited budgets can provide. The comment was made that revealing this information would be good fodder for grants. Lytle said this information could help institutions feed off each others strengths, especially when given back to the steering committee of the Consortium.
Elaine Greenwood asked if the committee planned to survey what each of the community colleges' technology plans are. It is uncertain whether these plans are available to all, but the question will be raised at the July 31, meeting of the Consortium steering committee. It was decided that an action item would be to develop an accessment tool to measure user-unfriendliness. This information may reveal a whole variety of technologies that may be used.
The other action item decided upon was that the committee would attempt to examine the technology plans for all the campuses for comparative purposes.
After no further questions or comments were raised, the meeting concluded at 10:55 am.
The next meeting will be Thursday, September 7th at 9:30 am to 11:30 am. The location has not yet been determined.