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Educational Technologies Advisory Committee
March 14th, 2012
Board Room 3:00 – 4:30 PM
Mission statement:
The mission of ETAC (Educational Technologies Advisory Committee) is to foster cross-campus
communication, collaboration, coordination and visioning on e-learning and use of educational
technologies at NSCC. To this end, ETAC provides a venue for a monthly dialogue amongst interrelated
support units of the college to catalyze campus-wide communication and guidance.
MEETING MINUTES
Attendees:
Art Woodbury, Tom Braziunas, Thom Cook, Christopher Tjong, Stuart U, Brian Holt, Chris
Davis, Denise Filiatrault, Jamila Barton (online via Collaborate)
Introductions
 General introductions and welcome to all!
 We are also using Collaborate today for folks who cannot make it to campus, and Jamila is
participating in this way.
 Unfortunately, although intending to record this meeting, Tom forgot to turn on the record
button.
 So these notes are being composed from memory
Last month’s meeting minutes: Comments/revisions?
 No comments on last month’s minutes
Topic brought to the table
 Thom Cook introduced the following topic: Plagiarism, cheating and the need for a testing
center to assist in proctoring students taking distance learning courses.
 A software such as “Turnitin” may help alleviate plagiarism.
 Discussion will continue at the next ETAC meeting after the issue is brought to IC
Tegrity
 Conference in Seattle, Apr 18-20 – Covering 9 registrations
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The latest state data (January 2012) on use of Tegrity:
o NSCC was fourth in the state in number of viewings of recordings out of all
community and technical colleges
o Tegirty recordings made by Jamila Barton and Denise Filiatrault at NSCC were
specifically high on the list of viewings at NSCC.
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Classroom use of Tegrity has been hampered by two complications:
o It has been impossible to use ELMO document cameras for in-class projection and
for online Tegrity recording simultaneously.
o To address this, e-Learning and IT Services are purchasing new hardware
(Hovercams) which contain both document cameras and webcams and work well
with Tegrity.
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The question of security of these compact, light-weight Hovercams was raised. IT
has a plan for locking these Hovercams so it is very difficult to “walk away with one.”
Secondly, the use of “Deep Freeze” technology to refresh computers immediately
on logout has meant that long Tegrity recordings which have not had time to upload
(an hour long recording can take 30 minutes to upload) are lost.
Suggestion was made that IT Services consider a plan to instead use Deep Freeze
technology once a day (in the middle of the night as some other colleges are doing)
in order to refresh computers while also giving time for live Tegrity recordings to
upload after a class session.
When can students who are “no shows” for online courses be dropped so students on the
waitlists can get in?
 Faculty decide when to drop students – there are many different approaches.
o Some drop online students if they have not contacted the instructor by the first day
of the quarter (either by email or by logging into the course); some wait until after
the first week; and some wait until after the 10th day.
o Those who wait, sometimes schedule a “slow” first week so students can catch up if
they register late or log on after the first day
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Since it is an individual instructor’s decision, how should students be made aware of the
circumstances for a particular online course?
o Suggestions included that the college (and especially e-Learning) post a message to
students on the Virtual College website and elsewhere that “You may be dropped if
you do not log into your class or communicate with your instructor before midnight
of the first day of the quarter.”
o Perhaps this message could be included as well on the post card mailed out by eLearning to students who register early.
o A second recommendation as a “best practice” would be for the online instructor to
post this information on her/his “People Page” since the instructor’s name in the
online quarterly schedule links to this web page.
o A third recommendation as a “best practice” would be for the online instructor to
send out an email before the quarter starts to registered students alerting them to
the instructor’s drop policy. This individual policy could also be incorporated into
the information in the syllabus.
Upcoming workshops & the annual SCCD e-learning institute
 The state has paid for a limited number of registrations in SLOAN-C Online Workshops for
faculty in the community and technical colleges.
o Contact the e-Learning office for more information. A list of workshops is at:
http://sloanconsortium.org/institute/workshops/upcoming.
o Jamila reported that the workshops she has attended have been good but it is
difficult to find time to participate fully during a regular quarter. Summer may be
the best time to sign up for these workshops.
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Planning has begun for the annual SCCD e-Learning Institute
o The Institute will probably run the week after the end of Summer Quarter or a
couple days before convocation. It has run successfully both those times as well as
during several days between Spring and Summer Quarters. With the new district
faculty development coordinator (Carey Schroyer) starting on July 1st, the
Spring/Summer option is too soon.
o Ideas for institute focus mentioned in ETAC included:
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An “open educational resources” hands-on session (including use of the
state “Open Course Library” materials (http://www.opencourselibrary.org)
A Creative Commons tutorial / how faculty can protect their own copyright
Survey of tools for addressing cheating and plagiarism (like “Safe Assign”
and “Turn-it-in”)
NSCC’s current and next learning management system
 Lots of issues with ANGEL right now (slowness, courses disappearing from lists, course
titles changing). Hopefully, these are all being resolved by a system maintenance operation
tomorrow morning.
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The three finalists for the next learning management system are Blackboard,
Desire2Learn and Instructure’s Canvas.
o $500 stipends are being provided for 10 NSCC faculty who responded to a request
for reviewers to complete assessment rubrics for these three systems.
o Deadline for the reviews is March 21st. So far one faculty reviewer has submitted a
completed review of all three, and several others are about to submit their
completed reviews.
o The reviews will be shared. Indications are that each potential LMS system has its
strengths and weaknesses.
NeLSC expansion
 The modification work being done on North’s e-Learning Support Center space in the
library building is moving along.
o The e-L team hopes to return to it in the next few weeks.
o As noted before, faculty and student workspaces will be more separate and
private, and a quiet space for a student to be proctored is part of the new design.
Educational Technology Strategic Plans for 2012-2013
 A list of tentative, potential plans for how North’s e-Learning Support Center can support
faculty and students in the next academic year was distributed. A copy is here .
o The planning is tied to the College’s three core themes as well as to other College
foci within the campus (such as Accreditation) and beyond the campus (such as
District Coordination and required “State Authorization”).
o Some projects are already part of what NeLSC does; and the college is well
positioned to pursue many of the others.
o Feedback on the proposed ideas was requested to be brought to the next ETAC
meeting.
 Which ideas do faculty, students, staff, other support units and admin see as
most fitting and realistic for NeLSC to pursue?
 Which ideas best support the College’s Core Themes and best follow the
directions favored by each group (faculty, students, other units, etc.)?
 Which ideas should be priority?
 What ideas are missing from the list?
o At the next meeting, Tom will bring a document that summarizes current thinking
on the directions and priorities in e-learning at NSCC over the next year, and will
compare notes with the feedback of others also brought to the meeting.
Next meeting
 April 11th, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM in President’s Board Room
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