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FAMLEARNS Project Steering Committee Meeting

FAMLEARNS Project Steering Committee Meeting. September 22, 2008 12:30 – 1:30 PM 113 Tucker Hall. The FAMU Multimedia Learning Resource Management System (FAMLEARNS) for STEM Instructional Enhancement 2007-2010. AGENDA. Project Team Steering Committee Charter Project Overview

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FAMLEARNS Project Steering Committee Meeting

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  1. FAMLEARNS ProjectSteering Committee Meeting September 22, 2008 12:30 – 1:30 PM 113 Tucker Hall

  2. The FAMU Multimedia Learning Resource Management System (FAMLEARNS) for STEM Instructional Enhancement2007-2010

  3. AGENDA • Project Team • Steering Committee Charter • Project Overview • Technology Demonstration • Year 1 Progress/Executive Summary • Plans for Year 2 • Challenges & Opportunities • Photo Session FAMLEARNS Steering Committee

  4. Cross Disciplinary Project Team • Dr. Edward L. Jones, CIS • Ms. Christy Chatmon, CIS • Mr. Chris Nowicki, CIS • Dr. Desmond Stephens, Math • Dr. Carl Moore, Mechanical Engineering • Mr. Douglas McDonald, CIS (admin) FAMLEARNS Steering Committee

  5. Steering Committee Charter • Purpose: Guide the evolution of FAMLEARNS as an institutional resource. • Procedure: Annual progress report of project status, accomplishments, assessment, and proposed directions for the next year. • Advocacy: Recommend migration of FAMLEARNS towards institution-wide adoption and integration with institutional educational technology. FAMLEARNS Steering Committee

  6. Project Overview – Driving Problems • High failure rates in formative STEM courses • Biology • CIS • Math • Engineering • Low technology adoption rates by faculty • Potential to impact 5000 students! FAMLEARNS Steering Committee

  7. Project Overview - Proposed Solution • Captured Learning Resources (CLRs) • Visuals (e.g., PowerPoint) integrated with audio • CLRs accessible via Blackboard, iTunes U • On-the-fly authoring & faculty innovation • No special studio set-up • Whole lectures, special topics, tutoring • Infrastructure for producing/publishing CLRs • Automated capture, publishing (indexing) • Help desk and support services for faculty FAMLEARNS Steering Committee

  8. FAMLEARNS Funding Summary • US Dept of Education Minority Science & Engineering Improvement Program (Project P120A070081) • $460K over 3 years: 10/1/2007 – 9/30/2010 • 2-3 course buyouts per year • 1-2-2 graduate students funded; • 3-2-3 undergraduate students funded FAMLEARNS Steering Committee

  9. FAMLEARNS DEMONSTRATIONChris Nowicki FAMLEARNS Steering Committee

  10. Year 1 Progress / Executive SummaryDesmond Stephens • Acquired FAMLEARNS technology • Developed initial software infrastructure – automated upload to Blackboard • Conducted small scale usability studies • Created and trained Help Desk • Other FAMLEARNS Steering Committee

  11. Plans for Year 2Christy Chatmon • Deploy FAMLEARNS in STEM departments CIS, Math, ME, Biology, Chemistry • Host FAMLEARNS session at 2009 Faculty Planning Conference for non-STEM • Provide infrastructure and support services • Conduct project impact evaluation • Host FAMLEARNS on institutional networks FAMLEARNS Steering Committee

  12. Challenges & OpportunitiesCarl Moore • Evaluation • Challenge or Opportunity • Asking and responding to tough questions • Guarantees continuous improvement over time • Questions we want answered • Who is using FAMLEARNS and how do they use it? • Is FAMLEARNS appropriately designed? • Are effects being realized (productivity, motivation, etc)? • Where will we get our answers • Web access, interviews & surveys, help desk feedback FAMLEARNS Steering Committee

  13. Challenges & OpportunitiesCarl Moore • Promotion • Reaching FAMLEARNS customers • Prior success (measured through evaluation) helps • Early acceptance by key educators and students • Investigators are core STEM course faculty • Building word of mouth support among students • Multimedia Marketing • FAMLEARNS posters • FAMLEARNS advertisement videos • Other avenues? FAMLEARNS Steering Committee

  14. QA & DiscussionEd Jones • Project website – http://www.cis.famu.edu/~famlearns FAMLEARNS Steering Committee

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