Monday, May 31, 2010
Instructional Designer Community of Practice - Tuesday, June 8
The next Instructional Designer Community of Practice is scheduled for next Tuesday, June 8 from 10 to 11:30. Pam will be initiating the discussion at this session by presenting on "Assessment" in course development projects.
The no-power adventure begins!
Our week long adventure with no-power begins this morning. Here's where everyone who typically works in the Tech building will be based this week:
AV - CB1005
Media Specialists - IB2145
Donna - AN1512
Formatters - IB Breakout Rooms
Instructional Designers - Library and home
Chris - IB2145 and meetings (Cell 403-894-2499)
Karen - Library and meetings and home (Cell 403-393-3962 - phone or text)
And Connie and Marina are both on holidays all week.
Make it a great week!
AV - CB1005
Media Specialists - IB2145
Donna - AN1512
Formatters - IB Breakout Rooms
Instructional Designers - Library and home
Chris - IB2145 and meetings (Cell 403-894-2499)
Karen - Library and meetings and home (Cell 403-393-3962 - phone or text)
And Connie and Marina are both on holidays all week.
Make it a great week!
Monday, May 24, 2010
Save the Day - Tuesday June 15 - for Production Debrief
This message is for everyone involved in production, so the instructional designers, formatters, media specialists, and audio visual staff.
Please save June 15 for our annual production debrief. In the morning each unit will be meeting separately, and then everyone will come together in the afternoon. These are important conversations to have as we finish a busy year with the Angel implementation and move into a year where we'll be implementing the DL Strategy. It's going to be a busy - and somewhat different - year than we've experienced previously.
In the morning
- Media specialists - facilitated by Lorne and Chris (time TBA)
- AV - facilitated by Elio and Chris (time TBA)
- Instructional Design (and Marina) - facilitated by Karen and all ID's (10-12)
- Formatters (and Marina) - facilitated by Karen and Amber (8:30 to 10)
Lunch - together - hopefully a BBQ - more details to come . . .
In the afternoon
- we'll meet together for a couple hours.
More details will follow . . . Thanks everyone!
Please save June 15 for our annual production debrief. In the morning each unit will be meeting separately, and then everyone will come together in the afternoon. These are important conversations to have as we finish a busy year with the Angel implementation and move into a year where we'll be implementing the DL Strategy. It's going to be a busy - and somewhat different - year than we've experienced previously.
In the morning
- Media specialists - facilitated by Lorne and Chris (time TBA)
- AV - facilitated by Elio and Chris (time TBA)
- Instructional Design (and Marina) - facilitated by Karen and all ID's (10-12)
- Formatters (and Marina) - facilitated by Karen and Amber (8:30 to 10)
Lunch - together - hopefully a BBQ - more details to come . . .
In the afternoon
- we'll meet together for a couple hours.
More details will follow . . . Thanks everyone!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Thanks for using the EET Holiday Calendar!
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who is adding their "away" days on the EET holiday calendar. It's very easy to look at the calendar and see who is here and gone on any given day. This will be even more important during the summer when many of us are taking holidays and using flex time. So . . . thank you!
Monday, May 17, 2010
Working during the power outage
As you know, the power in the tech building will be off from May 31 to June 4. Couple general comments:
- Let's look at this as an opportunity, and these opportunities will vary across different areas within EET. It might mean focusing on and completing specific projects that you haven't had time to work on or cleaning up your digital files on your computer . . . I'd encourage everyone to set some goals for the week.
- Some of our staff work at home a couple of days each week, and this is also an option for some of you. We need to ensure, however, that all EET departments are covered on campus this week, so please take turns being home and on campus. Please have these discussions within each area and plan for who will be here and who will be working from home. Either way, please mark your "home" days in the Google holiday calendar so we know where everyone is.
We've talked last week about a variety of options for work during that time, so here's a quick summary:
- The library has some very nice work spaces, so anyone with a laptop can work there.
- The formatters will be moving their desktops to and working in the breakout rooms in the Info Commons in the IB building.
- Instructional Designers will be working at home part of the week and will be in the library the days they are working on campus. Connie is on holidays this week.
- It sounds like Chris, Lorne, and the media specialists will mostly be working in the student lounge on the second floor of the Cousins Building.
- AV staff have work to do in other buildings, such as IB, so their focus will be on campus but in other buildings.
- Donna is moving to an office by Julie and Debbie to focus on Curriculum Reviews.
- We'll post an update in Connections so everyone else on campus knows that the best way to contact any of us this week will be through email (and not phone).
And maybe we'll be able to work outside and enjoy the weather!
If you have questions, please either talk to me or to your coordinator.
Karen
- Let's look at this as an opportunity, and these opportunities will vary across different areas within EET. It might mean focusing on and completing specific projects that you haven't had time to work on or cleaning up your digital files on your computer . . . I'd encourage everyone to set some goals for the week.
- Some of our staff work at home a couple of days each week, and this is also an option for some of you. We need to ensure, however, that all EET departments are covered on campus this week, so please take turns being home and on campus. Please have these discussions within each area and plan for who will be here and who will be working from home. Either way, please mark your "home" days in the Google holiday calendar so we know where everyone is.
We've talked last week about a variety of options for work during that time, so here's a quick summary:
- The library has some very nice work spaces, so anyone with a laptop can work there.
- The formatters will be moving their desktops to and working in the breakout rooms in the Info Commons in the IB building.
- Instructional Designers will be working at home part of the week and will be in the library the days they are working on campus. Connie is on holidays this week.
- It sounds like Chris, Lorne, and the media specialists will mostly be working in the student lounge on the second floor of the Cousins Building.
- AV staff have work to do in other buildings, such as IB, so their focus will be on campus but in other buildings.
- Donna is moving to an office by Julie and Debbie to focus on Curriculum Reviews.
- We'll post an update in Connections so everyone else on campus knows that the best way to contact any of us this week will be through email (and not phone).
And maybe we'll be able to work outside and enjoy the weather!
If you have questions, please either talk to me or to your coordinator.
Karen
The lightbulb has moved from Mark to . . . . Amber!
Congratulations Amber on receiving the lightbulb award. Here's Mark's explanation:
. . . Amber received a 100% score for her formatting from both the instructor and ID for RSP 153, getting the course ready for eCampus submission. This is a hard feat to accomplish because of how detail oriented eCampus can be. I am (finally) passing the light bulb on to Amber for her accomplishment.
Amber, let's try for one week before it moves again.
. . . Amber received a 100% score for her formatting from both the instructor and ID for RSP 153, getting the course ready for eCampus submission. This is a hard feat to accomplish because of how detail oriented eCampus can be. I am (finally) passing the light bulb on to Amber for her accomplishment.
Amber, let's try for one week before it moves again.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
EET Positions to be advertised
I thought I should give all of you a heads-up that two positions within EET will be advertised on the Lethbridge College HR site within the next week of so. Karen O'Dwyer has been making some changes to the overall structure of the Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation with the end goal of making the Centre sustainable, focused, responsive, and manageable. These changes to the Centre structure have resulted in two changes to the structure of EET:
1. EET Director: This position is basically the current EET Chair position, although I have not seen the position description yet. The intent is to make this position an ongoing administrative position. Currently I am in this position as a Chair, which is a term position filled by a faculty member. It is standard practice that when a position changes to a continuing position, it goes to competition. This means I will have to apply for this position when it is advertised.
2. Coodinator, Curriculum Development and Renewal: This position is similar to Sue Huffman's current position. Similar to the director position, this position is currently filled by a faculty member in a term position. Karen O. is changing it to an ongoing out-of-scope position, which means it will also go to competition. More detailed information on these positions will be included in the information posted on the HR site.
Both these changes will help to ensure that EET is sustainable and that the reporting structure is more manageable both within EET and within CTLI. I see both changes as being very positive for EET because they will help to ensure the department can operate effectively and will be around for a long time to come!
Karen O. will likely tell you more about this at the Centre meeting tomorrow. If you have questions or concerns about this, please come talk to me.
1. EET Director: This position is basically the current EET Chair position, although I have not seen the position description yet. The intent is to make this position an ongoing administrative position. Currently I am in this position as a Chair, which is a term position filled by a faculty member. It is standard practice that when a position changes to a continuing position, it goes to competition. This means I will have to apply for this position when it is advertised.
2. Coodinator, Curriculum Development and Renewal: This position is similar to Sue Huffman's current position. Similar to the director position, this position is currently filled by a faculty member in a term position. Karen O. is changing it to an ongoing out-of-scope position, which means it will also go to competition. More detailed information on these positions will be included in the information posted on the HR site.
Both these changes will help to ensure that EET is sustainable and that the reporting structure is more manageable both within EET and within CTLI. I see both changes as being very positive for EET because they will help to ensure the department can operate effectively and will be around for a long time to come!
Karen O. will likely tell you more about this at the Centre meeting tomorrow. If you have questions or concerns about this, please come talk to me.
League for Innovations award
Our EET picture and description are now posted on the League for Innovations site. Our information is located about halfway through the list, which is quite long.
This is very cool! I'll be passing a card around this week for you to sign and thank Tracy and Peter for nominating us for this award. Congrats to all of you!
http://www.league.org/league/competitions/innovations/display2010.cfm
This is very cool! I'll be passing a card around this week for you to sign and thank Tracy and Peter for nominating us for this award. Congrats to all of you!
http://www.league.org/league/competitions/innovations/display2010.cfm
Monday, May 3, 2010
Change to Reporting Structure in Part of EET
In April we revised the reporting structure within one part of EET. We've talked to everyone who is affected by this change already, so this is an FYI for everyone else.
1. The media specialists all report directly to Lorne now. Lorne's position title has changed to "Media Coordinator".
2. The AV Technologists and Technicians all report directly to Elio, AV Coordinator.
3. Elio and Lorne both report directly to Chris, who reports to me (KH).
These changes were made for a couple reasons: To increase efficiencies within EET, and to have staff reporting to logical supervisors.
If anyone has questions, please come talk to me.
Karen
1. The media specialists all report directly to Lorne now. Lorne's position title has changed to "Media Coordinator".
2. The AV Technologists and Technicians all report directly to Elio, AV Coordinator.
3. Elio and Lorne both report directly to Chris, who reports to me (KH).
These changes were made for a couple reasons: To increase efficiencies within EET, and to have staff reporting to logical supervisors.
If anyone has questions, please come talk to me.
Karen
mediaFRESH 2010 Digital Alberta Awards ceremony
Six of us attended the mediaFRESH 2010 Digital Alberta Awards ceremony on Friday evening in Calgary. We had two submissions make the finals: One was the Hubbard site in the “Best Non-Commercial website” category, and the other was the Distraction quiz in the “Best E-learning Product Course” category.
Although we didn’t win, attending the ceremony gave us a good indication of the level of work and the strength of the competition. Industry was well represented at the celebration and among the finalists, as was SAIT and the U of L, but we were the only post-secondary institution to make the finals in two categories. It truly was an achievement to make the finals!
So congrats not only to the people who worked on these projects, but also to the other staff who have developed other quality end products. This includes courses, learning objects, videos . . . . It is noticed!
Let’s be thinking about nominations for next year!
Although we didn’t win, attending the ceremony gave us a good indication of the level of work and the strength of the competition. Industry was well represented at the celebration and among the finalists, as was SAIT and the U of L, but we were the only post-secondary institution to make the finals in two categories. It truly was an achievement to make the finals!
So congrats not only to the people who worked on these projects, but also to the other staff who have developed other quality end products. This includes courses, learning objects, videos . . . . It is noticed!
Let’s be thinking about nominations for next year!
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