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1. Team Norms
Recognizing our Myers-Briggs differences, and to continue to have a solid team, we recommended that in the future: we have breaks, set times to agenda items (we can always provide more explanation later), and develop clear and concise goals for meetings
2. Debrief of DAU 20Oct Meeting (with Dr Clark)
The team needs to record all individual notes, synthesized by interviewee, and then synthesized as a whole on the meeting; we need to look at our data without preconceived notions.
Some initial insights discussed included:
- Adaption of technology is being pushed but people have little incentive to try, test, and use the technology
- Only people who have nothing to lose, i.e. those at the top and are secure with their job, will try, test, and use new technology
- It might be interesting to find out why gold standard was developed – meet the needs of inserting technology or supporting business processes
- Gaming is optional in the training and Section 508 compliance is an issue
- Deans can be competitive in the context of success
- DAU has several challenges:
- Process and administrative related
- Identifying technology but then how to implement
- Identifying the point at which technology is best inserted into the process
- Not asking what is the most efficient and cost effective tool to use – just use what’s out there
- Need research-backed answers to give credibility
After much discussion, areas of possible project focus could be summarized as:
- In the relationship between GLTC and LCIC and the five regions, we would want to answer the question: How can this technology help teach a course?
- In the relationship between technologies to a prototype/test/evaluate capability, we would want to answer the question for the instructor: How does this technology work and how could it integrate with a course?
- In the relationship between new technologies and leadership, we would want to answer the question: how does technology support the organization, the workforce?
Regardless of the focus of our efforts, all answers will be research driven. Each solution area may require different data sources, different context, and different depth of content, but it will be research driven.
Our research will place more emphasis on the process for technology evaluation and less emphasis on the particular technologies which we will select and determine as appropriate cutting edge for in-depth research.
3. Briefing Report – Next Updates
The problem definition needs to reflect our possible areas of focus; maybe something to the effect…an overarching, research-driven process that can be used by LCIC, GLTC, Deans, and faculty to effectively and efficiently implement appropriate advance technologies commensurate with course objectives.
The Action Plan: Includes possible strategies, possible constituents (personas), and possible research
The Needs assessment needs to address what do we need and how will we get it. We will research what is cutting edge based on emerging technologies as reported by experts such as Gartner.
We need to know their process of inserting new technologies.
We need demographics of workforce Level I, II, and III as well as demographics LCIC (CDs, PLDs), GLTC, Deans, and instructors
A preliminary slide presentation was reviewed – outline looks good; we are to review and add bullets as appropriate to our sections
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