MELA Meeting Minutes 2003 - 2017

c. 120 people will be in attendance d. 13 tables setup – grouped by one DLC and mixed college (not necessarily by discipline)

C. Association By-Laws i. Mark Smith stated that he created a very basic (general) draft and asked for input on changes to the by-laws. ii. Jenniffer Wamsley made a motion to accept the by-laws as written and Audra Kimble seconded the motion. D. Student ID versus social security number in Blackboard logins i. Jennifer Leimer expressed an interest in having an autoemail sent to students after they enroll in courses in MSVCC much like the status change emails. Jason Pugh stated that the association would need to identify what should be included in the email. Richard suggested adding a “finishing” step to enrollment. ii. Jennifer Leimer, Richard Blackburn, Andrea Scott, and Hubert Yates will work on items 1, 2, and 4 of item II on Jason Pugh's Enrollment Tool Items (see attachment). i. Ms. Shows spoke with Ray Smith who conveyed the following thoughts about the technology plan: Most of the issues we have listed are local issues. The state is working on a disaster recovery plan for the state network. The technology group is continually working on bandwidth and infrastructure enhancements. ii. Ms. Shows stated that the D2L pilot meets many of the current technology plan objectives. iii. Ms. Shows stated that the minimum network applications objective is in progress with a fall 04 /spring 05 deadline. Members were asked to email ideas for network applications. Ms. Shows reminded the association that the strategic plan operating report is due in February. iv. Mark Smith added that online student services have to be added based on SACs requirement v. Mark Smith gave an overview of Safe Assignment a plagiarism prevention tool. To his knowledge, Safe Assignment would have to be implemented on the MSVCC server since it is a plug-in to blackboard. Members had positive remarks about this and expressed an interest in learning more about it. Ms. Shows suggested that we ask our local schools to take a look at it . B. Training: Mark Smith i. Mr. Smith stated that Needs Assessments for DLCs,instructors, and students need to be developed. End of course evaluations will be used to determine students' needs. Jenniffer Wamsley expressed a concern that we have a hard time already getting students to respond to surveys and is concerned that we will not have enough participation. Mr. Smith suggested that Mr. Pugh create a system wide discussion forum for students and faculty. Mr. Pugh expressed his concern about having an un-moderated discussion and will only consider this if the DLCs share the moderation. He also stated that it would not be very easy to create this type of discussion. Ms. Wamsley stated that she uses an email “focus group” and says it works very well to gather information from students. ii. Mr. Smith asked members to give suggestions for any areas they would like added to surveys.

IV. Topic of the Day: Committee Progress Reports on Strategic Initiative Implementation A. Technology: Alicia Shows

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