Notes from Feb. 13 meeting
Present: Linda, Susan, James, Helen
1. We reviewed the student survey that Susan had drafted and agreed that it will help gather some of the information we want. James will set up aon announcement on Inside News and on WebCT. He will also email faculty who have WebCT classes asking them to encourage their students to take the survey. The survey will be open for 3 weeks, though we hope to get most of the responses in two for discussion by the group.
2. There was some discussion about the decision-making process and what infomation we need. We agreed that we were not yet ready to make a decision, though some factors are becoming clear.
Moodle may be a problem because of its mangement style and the need to get contributed modules for some functions, however it is well-liked by faculty in the schools which use it.
We don't know enough about Sakai yet, but the user group meeting in April will teach us a lot.
Desire2Learn is a good program with good support, but the price is currently too high. We will see what the new pricing is like.
Angel has a new version out that we should look at.
3. James proposed setting up faculty focus group meetings on the 22nd in the afternoon and the 23rd at lunch. He will send a message out to faculty. As many people as possible should go from the committee and one person will take notes.
4. James set up the Sakai Pilot project proposal on a wiki. He will send out the URL so we can comment. Please make comments exact and sign them.