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TLTR Meeting Minutes
February 28, 2006
Attendance:
Rebecca Zahora-IT/PTA, Melba Tomeo-Library, TLTR co-convener,
Ramona Nelson – Nursing, Eva Tsuquiashi-Daddesio - Modern
Languages and Culture, Ana Maria Caula – Modern Languages and
Culture, Aiping Chen-Gaffey – Library, Joanne Leight - PE,
TLTR co-convener, Brian Danielson-Collegis, Padma Anand –
Counseling & Development, Jim Hathaway-G,G,&E, Frederick
White-English, Karen Cummins – Nursing, Lynn
Hoffman-Library, Paul Mullins-CpSc, TLTR co-convener, Katie
Lang-TLTR GA
I. Regular Business
Reports
A. Report from
IT – Dean Lindey – this report will be held over until
next month’s meeting
B. Report from
Collegis – Brian Danielson
1. 3/6/06 – Regional conference hosted by SRU re:
Blackboard and how universities are using BB for distance
education; additional discussion/presentation of new
technologies
2. Horizon Wimba Course Genie – officially there has
been no update regarding this BB technology; however expect to hear
more at 3/6/06 conference
3. Professional Development Day – Collegis sponsored
two workshops: Advanced Blackboard (~10 people attended) and
Turn-It-In with Dr. Nichols both workshops were successful
C. Taskforces
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1. Melba Tomeo reported on Technology Advisory Committee
(TAC) – Webpolicy group reviewing home page, next step will
be to make recommendations, currently the group is soliciting
feedback. The Webpolicy advisory group can be found at:
http://www.sru.edu/Pages/12346.asp
2. Techfee proposals are coming out soon: keep your
eyes open
3. Paul Mullins discussed Citrix Server and the
advertising/posting of a new position. Additionally, Mark
Chase has agreed to help with the new Citrix grant.
4. Reminder to anyone interested in participating on TLTR
Taskforces, please e-mail Katie Lang (TLTR GA) at: kml3680@sru.edu
II. New Business
1. Reminder Nominations for 1st year
co-convener will be accepted at next months meeting. Please
consider nominating a colleague who may be interested.
III. Program – Technology
in Modern Languages – Ana Maria Caula and Eva
Tsuquiashi-Daddesio
How would you like to take attendance with one click of the
mouse? Allow your students to work in pairs and collaborate
on documents without leaving their seats? What if you could
see every student’s work and speak with them about it,
without leaving YOUR seat? And all in another language?
At Tuesday’s TLTR meeting, Dr. Ana Maria Caula and Dr. Eva
Tsuquiashi-Daddesio demonstrated and discussed the hardware and
software used to teach in the Modern Languages lab in
Carruth-Rizza. The Sony Virtuoso/Soloist Multimedia Language
Learning System offers the instructors a great deal of control over
the lab environment and brings effective, interactive learning
experiences to their students. Students and teachers can
communicate via headphones and microphones; this "non-threatening"
paired language practice is reported to have greatly increased
student fluency. Quizzes can be published to the entire
class, allowing instructors to instantly assess student
comprehension by using the analyzer control panel. In
addition, the Modern Languages and Cultures department has acquired
a dedicated server to accommodate the large audio, video, and image
resources they share for instruction—a home grown Merlot (http://www.merlot.org)of
sorts. By leveraging student technology fee grants, college
and department funds, and TLTR funding, these dedicated faculty
members have successfully employed technology to improve student
learning -- and recently presented on their endeavors in Granada,
Spain.
*Program comments written by Melba Tomeo Education
Librarian; Instructional Materials Center, Bailey Library,
Slippery Rock University
Next meeting is Thursday March 23, 2006 in
Vincent Science Hall Room 112!
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