Status Report – 11/12/2009

Summary
Week Ending: November 12, 2009                                                                    
Recorder: James Turner
I. Activities Accomplished
Project Status

Briefing Report completed on 02Nov09

  • Submitted and posted to client website

DAU Presentation on 05Nov09

  • DAU staff in attendance: Paul Alfieri, Rebecca Clark, Larrie Ferreiro, Jill Garcia, Judith Hall Bayliss, Mark Oehlert
  • GMU: (1) requested DAU read the BR, comment, and email comments by next Friday; (2) requested DAU provide access to people, (3) confirmed GMU will look at ALT: mobile, immersive/virtual (sans MMORG and croquet), and social media through the lens of the dynamics the technology affords, its functionality
  • DAU requested (1) allow commenting during future briefings and (2) provide further explanation of our summary of findings.

ALT Research

  • Each team member will sign up for a technology to review
  • Initial evaluations may include what it affords, advantages, disadvantages, best practices, and pedagogical; maybe something like EDUCAUSE
  • End goal is a white paper to be submitted to DAU’s peer review journal (Next Semester)

DAU Site Visit on 12Nov09

  • Prepared questions contextualized to interviewee but focused on roles, technology insertion, and processes
  • Interviewees: LCIC Director: Tim Shannon; LCIC Deputy Director: Pam Gouldsberry; GLTC Center Director – TALL – Judith Hall Bayliss, (2) KPOs; (2) ISDs- including Faculty Department Chair- Miriam Cohe
II. Planned Activities
  • Finalize and release DAU survey
  • Synthesize interview findings
  • Synthesize survey findings
  • Conduct ALT research
  • Draft Needs Assessment Report
III. Upcoming
  • Submit Needs Assessment Report to DAU 15Dec09
  • DAU presentation 15Dec09