Bush Grant Meeting Notes

April 27, 2005

Consulting Group Faculty Members: Greg Thorson, Tom Johnson, Pam Solvie

Grant Proposal

1. Understanding Learning Styles
2. Pedagogy
3. Technology

How to integrate, understand and help project.

Core group - provide integration and organization - provide expert knowledge & input.

Summer - IT group worked on
  - Course, contact,
  - Interaction and communication *first year
  - Evaluation and assessment
  - following year look at the other components

Pam Gades - Share point Sites

• IT Core group /Innovative teaching site - all members have accounts in the site. Can upload documents to share. Pam will send site URL to members.

Workstudy

• full-time (40 hours week) Molly Kloek, Aaron Vasecka)
• part-time (28 hours week) (Matt Harren)

Will finalized contracts today at 3:30 PM. ( Scott/Linda)

Consulting group will decide jobs.

Project Profiles - comments added at end of project; this will give complete documentation.

Offer Sharepoint training for consultants and project participants.

• Sharepoint is more secure

Reminder of Workshop in Mpls on MPLS.

Other Info

• Projects are a tool to test learning styles
• Different learning styles, needs of students
• Consulting group needs - Core group will oversee all activities, but will not tell participants what to do. Core Group will coordinate assessment as projects move forward.
• Project participants will do monthly reports.