Goals+2008-2009

Brainstorming Sessions from Summer Meeting


 * eLC Workplan Final Draft [[file:2008-2009Workplan.doc]]

Priority 1 - Professional Development** Lead - Stephanie Delaney - Cascadia College Participants - Andy Duckworth - Tacoma Community College, Marc Lentini - Highline Community College, Michael Shepard - Whatcom Community College, Scott Dennis - Lower Columbia College, Boyoung Chae - SBCTC, Rick McKinnon - South Puget Sound Community College
 * In collaboration with IC, determine faculty professional development needs
 * Re-visit faculty and student [|TTTF survey results]
 * Faculty focus groups
 * Requirements
 * Universal design
 * Shared system-wide

Lead - Kyla Bates - Spokane Falls Community College Participants - Marc Lentini - Highline Community College, Connie Broughton - SBCTC, Sara Frizelle - Everett Community College, Jerry Marshall - Green River Community College, Ed Bachmann - Pierce College
 * Priority 2 - Teaching and Learning Suite**
 * Develop a prioritized list of tools to purchase as a system-wide license, and implement the top two tools
 * Includes researching existing tools in use at individual colleges
 * Benchmark against specific gaps (e.g., universal design, rich media)
 * Identify two tools all colleges need and will collectively agree to use
 * Share methods of integrating open, web-based tools into current system tools

Lead - Geoff Cain - Tacoma Community College Participants - Cable Green - SBCTC, Jerry Lewis - Columbia Basin College, Lesley Ann Wallace - Bellingham Technical College, Scott Dennis - Lower Columbia College
 * Priority 3 - Open Educational Resources (OER)**
 * Gather Information
 * Review national OER consortia reports, recommendations and models
 * Learn from institutions that have adopted and implemented OER
 * Collect faculty, student, library, and bookstore input
 * Information Dissemination
 * What are the benefits of sharing? Benefits of open content, textbooks, publishing, software, standards, and/or open teaching?
 * Help system understand the benefits of OER - why do it? (e.g., open textbooks relate to access and student debt load)
 * Comparison of print vs. online OER

Lead - Sue Gallaway - Centralia College Participants - Dante Leon - Renton Technical College, Cable Green - SBCTC, Mickey Richardson - Seattle Central, Lesley Ann Wallace - Bellingham Technical College
 * Priority 4 - Library Resources**
 * In collaboration with LMDC:
 * Pilot and assess IRIS project [[file:IRISProjectReport.doc]]
 * Explore the building of content repositories for library resources
 * Work with Angel to add participatory & social networking features to Angel's repository (e.g., tagging, social networking, reputation)
 * Research how other institutions are incorporating library services online
 * Promote and integrate 24/7 virtual reference librarian IM

**WAOL Instruction Fee Research** Lead - Andy Duckworth - Tacoma Community College Participants - Ed Bachmann - Pierce College, Connie Broughton - SBCTC