Learning Technologies Committee - Montgomery College
Learning Technologies Committee - Montgomery College
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MONTGOMERY COLLEGE<br />
<strong>Learning</strong> <strong>Technologies</strong> <strong>Committee</strong><br />
MINUTES<br />
Thursday, May 6, 2010<br />
Members Present: Vicki Duggan, Kathy Michaelian, Kathy Wessman, Christopher Moy,<br />
Vani Murthy, Doug Griffith, Krista Leitch Walker, John Coliton, Ed Riggs, Miller<br />
Newman, Ben Turek, Linda Zanin, Ruth Gill, Ed Palasynski<br />
Members Absent: Brian Baker, Mike Mills<br />
Guests: Sharon Kauffman, Matt Harchick, Michelle Knight, Nghi Nguyen, Tom Cantu<br />
Welcome<br />
Kathy Michaelian<br />
Kathy Michaelian welcomed the group and asked if anyone had any comments about the<br />
minutes from the last meeting. There were none, the agenda was accepted and the<br />
minutes approved. Everyone introduced themselves for the benefit of the guests.<br />
Annual Assessment Evaluation Summary<br />
Vicki Duggan<br />
The group has been meeting officially for one year and the results from the survey that<br />
was distributed to the group after the last LTC meeting were discussed. The same<br />
questions of the other governance groups were asked: What’s working? What can be<br />
improved? Are the key members represented? Other comments?<br />
Vicki opened the floor for comments. Kathy Michaelian noted that more than one person<br />
said that there should be more than one faculty rep from each campus. Perhaps they<br />
should be faculty who are not technically savvy. John Coliton said there were 9 people at<br />
GT who are interested in joining the committee. We need to find a way to work people<br />
on and off the committee. We should go to Academic Assembly and ask them to appoint<br />
3 more members, one from each campus. Ben Turek suggested that there be more<br />
students. There were transportation issues for one of the current student members. We<br />
can videoconference people in from other campuses if necessary.<br />
Thoughts on things we could improve:<br />
• Ed Palasynski suggested that we have a separate portion of the website with links<br />
to presentations we’ve already had. They could also be added to the podcast<br />
directory.<br />
• Kathy Michaelian has had trouble finding the website and it needs to be easier for<br />
faculty to find. Ruth Gill will look into options.<br />
• Ed Riggs asked his faculty what they thought about the LTC and half of them<br />
didn’t even know about it. His faculty offered to develop a marketing campaign.<br />
There needs to be more exposure and awareness about the committee and the<br />
college campus. Ruth suggested doing something more with the Facebook page.<br />
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• Kathy liked the guest of the month idea, especially the administrators. She was at<br />
the ETSC meeting in April and there was some confusion about the purpose of the<br />
LTC. Kathy asked if everyone would be ok with inviting specific guests to attend<br />
future meetings.<br />
• John Coliton asked if there should be representation from the adjunct faculty.<br />
Yes, everyone agreed. Ruth suggested posting info about the meetings in the PT<br />
faculty newsletter.<br />
• Vicki Duggan offered that the LTC doesn’t really know what the faculty are<br />
interested in. There is so much that technology can offer; the question is how do<br />
you sift through it and figure out what people need/want? She thinks we should<br />
discuss this further at future meetings. MC has a range of people with different<br />
technology needs.<br />
• Matt Harchick suggested exploring less intrusive technology.<br />
• Another factor is the role of distance education when we have sustained outages,<br />
like the snowstorms last December. Some faculty were able to keep moving<br />
using technology, others were not. We need to make sure we are using the<br />
technology we have more effectively.<br />
Everyone agreed that the right people are represented on the <strong>Committee</strong>. John Coliton<br />
noted that there is positive reaction to the technology of the month – we need to keep that<br />
up going forward. Vicki thanked CTL, CPOD and DL for the training offerings in<br />
support of the technologies of the month.<br />
Action Item: Ruth Gill will follow-up with Kim Emery about making the LTC website<br />
easier to find.<br />
Technology Preview: Jing<br />
Linda Zanin<br />
Linda Zanin presented a demonstration of Jing, a complement to Camtasia and Snagit,<br />
which can receive information from Jing directly. The parent company is TechSmith.<br />
Jing clips are less than 5 minutes. She has used it on their DMS website and she and her<br />
students use it on their discussion board. Sometimes it’s easier to show an explanation.<br />
Jing doesn’t take any thought, unlike Elluminate. She’s had fewer Elluminate sessions as<br />
a result of using Jing.<br />
Jing is a free program, but they also offer a paid version for $14.95/year. She ran the<br />
demo from the Jing site. Jing is compatible with Windows and Mac. For more<br />
information, the link is http://www.jingproject.com.<br />
The Diagnostic Medical Sonography program uses Jing for orientation with new students<br />
as well as on their department WIKI. You hyperlink an image, word or file. Linda<br />
embeds info into her syllabus involving showing them how to find the syllabus within<br />
WebCT to make the course more interactive. A Jing is computer friendly immediately.<br />
If you save it as a file, it’s a flash file. If you upgrade to the Pro version, it’s an mp4 file.<br />
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Question: Where do the Jing’s reside? They are screencasts. You can create folders and<br />
organize your files. You can make folders public or hide them and move them. There is<br />
only 2GB of storage with the free version; you get 8GB with a paid account. Everyone<br />
who uses it loves it. Linda will send the summary electronically so everyone can test the<br />
links themselves.<br />
You have to make sure recipients have Flash on their computers. Linda sends the Flash<br />
link with her Jings just to be sure they can open them.<br />
Question: The video media is moving video? Yes, but sometimes it’s the instructor<br />
moving within the image. The Pro image allows you to capture images from your<br />
webcam.<br />
Question: Can you load a Jing onto MyMC? It’s possible under groups, a channel or<br />
even Inside MC.<br />
This would be a great thing for Banner and MyMC training. The students love it; they<br />
want to Jing Linda! They use it on their own discussion board. It’s in addition to the<br />
discussion requirements of the class.<br />
Question: Have you bought the Pro version? No, but Linda is going to.<br />
John Coliton offered that even Faculty can use this!<br />
Doug Griffith brought the latest version of Campus Technology that lists Jing as Web 2.0<br />
tools. Clare Delaney will send out a link to the article.<br />
Kathy Michaelian said that we could do a Technology of the month on Jing in the fall.<br />
The Office of Distance Education will offer training. Vicki said that we need to make<br />
sure that the helpdesk is brought up to speed first.<br />
Question: Does Jing do captioning? Linda thinks there is something available. Ruth<br />
said we would look at that if we use it on any of the public domains. The Pro version<br />
probably has it.<br />
Action Item: Clare Delaney will send the <strong>Committee</strong> a link to the Campus Technology<br />
article about Web 2.0 tools.<br />
Technology Previews/<strong>Technologies</strong> of the month for FY11<br />
All<br />
We need to plan now so that CPOD can arrange for training.<br />
Technology Preview Ideas:<br />
Ginger – It’s being used on a trial basis.<br />
Lecture Capture – Sonic Foundry (we should talk about this further)<br />
Jaws/Dragon Naturally Speaking – provides transcripts of podcasts<br />
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Technology Preview Ideas (continued):<br />
Inspiration – graphic organizing<br />
IPads<br />
Films on Demand<br />
LibGuides<br />
ITV offering podcast filming<br />
Wikis – a practical approach<br />
Clickers – perhaps a vendor would lend us a classroom test set<br />
Technology of the Month Ideas:<br />
Jing<br />
Films on Demand<br />
Wikis – Krista will find a month in the fall (maybe October) for just a WIKI class, not a<br />
combined class<br />
Podcasts<br />
Clickers – we need to make sure we have enough available (they need to be standardized)<br />
This may be a good time to revisit our Technology Fair idea. We could offer small<br />
sessions on each campus – 2 hours – and have faculty demonstrating different<br />
technologies. The key to successful demonstrations of technology is having faculty who<br />
are using it show it.<br />
We need a teaser to create awareness which we can work on over the summer. Perhaps<br />
we can use a WIKI over the summer to make the arrangements. Ruth Gill will ask Kim<br />
Emery to set one up. Matt Harchick asked if it would be possible to create a commercial<br />
that could be posted on the website. Everyone liked that option. We can highlight<br />
faculty using the technologies. Ed Palasynski envisions a 30 second piece made up of 5<br />
second segments.<br />
John Coliton talked about new projectors that are the size of a cigarette box. He will<br />
show it to the committee when he gets one. You can run it from your I Phone.<br />
Next Meeting<br />
All<br />
• Technology Preview: Second Life – Mike Mills, facilitator<br />
• WIKI discussion<br />
• Last meeting until September<br />
Announcements<br />
All<br />
• Ben Turek will have a column in the RV newspaper<br />
• Kathy announced that we have the funds for LeRoy Froom’s pilot. Ed Riggs will<br />
submit a hardware request form. We need to establish the criteria for the pilot.<br />
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