Asynchronous Sub-team:
Latham reported that this group addressed the following issues:
Acceptance letter and relevant information to be included that is related to orientation.
Creation of a checklist of items to be included in the orientation web site.
Development of content areas along with formats (audio, lectures, slides) to be used.
Order of the events was another concern for this group.
Synchronous Sub-team:
Genz reported that this group discussed the following:
Agreement on the schedule of events.
Need for approval of the orientation program by the full faculty. This needs to be channeled via the M-S Team to the faculty.
Explained in detail the schedule for this portion of the orientation.
Faculty is expected to be committed to two nights to handle the discussions.
Survey data and findings:
Chow presented these to the group. A discussion of several items ensued. Team members wanted to know if the survey results could be cross-tabulated.
Suggestions from the entire team in response to the reports submitted:
There should be no password required for the asynchronous part of the orientation.
Need to think about logistics of the parts.
Add content areas such as internships, practicum and international opportunities for students.
Divide people according to their advisors.
Important to give feedback on assignments.
Assessment could be on a pass/not pass basis.
Students who do not have an active participation in the threaded discussions should not be allowed to register. These discussions will be based on assigned readings.
Faculty would make decisions on students' progression to the program.
Decisions reached:
Students should be tracked on both asyn/synchronours activities.
Faculty's involvement will include the following:
Approval of the program,
Attendance to meetings,
Assessment and tracking participation,
Approximately two nights need to be devoted to these activities.
Chow will run the cross tabulation of findings which will let us know how local and online students differ in their views/opinions.
Barrett and Houff will organize written comments on the survey on an easily organized fashion to be presented to the faculty. Flag areas will be identified and results will be presented in percentages in a collapsed format. Summary will be sent to the M-S Team to be forwarded to the faculty.
Orientation: Face-to-face meeting.
There is a need to identify the best time to schedule this meeting.
Aug. 23, 2003 is a possibility, provided that there is not a football game scheduled on that date. This meeting can be scheduled later in the semester.
At the next meeting, the following needs to be considered.:
Identify the list of things and the order of how they need to take place for the asynchronrous part.
Understanding of the operational effort that this orientation program will represents for the technical staff.
Invite Rita Conrad and Kathy Burnett to this next meeting.
A tentative timeline needs to be prepared.
Agenda Posted by Maria Chavez-Hernandez (mchavezh@mailer.fsu.edu) on 12/02/2002 at 11:57:15