NLII 2004 Fellow Activity report

Jean Kreis

Fourth Quarter Oct-Dec 2004

NLII activities:

• Fellowship Research & Reporting

Efforts this quarter have focused on the articulating the data algorithms of MOATS in various patterns along with part of the research to show proof-of-concept as well as describe the project. Additionally, further research has continued on game design from the instructional and learning perspective for how it enters the MOATS data as well as participates and adds to the Horizon Project and VCOP. The algorithms have been posted to the works-in-progress site.

Highlights include:

• Pulling together the raw data from the NetGen interviews and the research data towards the E-book chapter
• Assisting and supporting the Horizon VCOP initial events
• Contacted and sent Content Producer Files to NLII Administrator for web posting
• Sustained sponsored project connections and assistance with Bridging VCOP institutions
• Followed up the Summer Focus Session on Bridging Research & Practice with developing the Sponsored Projects goals connections, assisting connections between goals and assessment documentation.
• Began work of Learner-Centered Principles documentation sources for website development
• Began career research, development, exploration

• VCOPS
• Ongoing meetings with NLII VCOP Facilitators team
• Bridging Community: coordinated with Danilo Baylen the Third Wednesdays Panel Presentations – roaring successes – over two dozen attendees on phone and another two dozen in VCOP virtual environment for participation.
• Maintained Bridging VCOP Weblog with news of events to keep VCOP available to outside NLII members as well as members who are already VCOP participants, as decided by earlier staff discussion

(http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/weblogs/bridging) and wiki with preliminary site to be called (http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/wiki?bridging)

• The five sponsored projects identified from the Spring Focus Session continue to meet weekly and give monthly reports. At present, I am working with them to evaluate their assessment forms and develop them further to yield more helpful information to both the participants and the institutions, as well as the NLII.

• Conferences & Events
• Attended EDUCAUSE
• Presented on Bridging VCOPs
• Presented on Teaching & Learning research
• Met with Susan Metros and Kathy Christoph for exploring large university consortia about LMS’s.
• Supported NLII staff events – Horizon VCOP’s meeting
• Facilitated meeting of sponsored projects and strategies that worked in assessing faculty projects, motivating faculty projects, and identifying needs of instructional technologists, including naming the backgrounds and roles of instructional technologists at the various institutions.

UA people activities, inquiries, & connections:

o Researched, supported, and developed documentation for the WebCT to D2L conversion to be accomplished this Spring 2005

o http://help.d2l.arizona.edu

o MOATS support has been withdrawn completely from the UA active database development

§ Stuart Glogoff is assisting with website redesign

§ Wayne Brent is assisting with data configuration from spreadsheet to database for demonstration at NLII Annual Meeting – during his holiday time.

Works in Progress

o Finalize the articles on Appreciative Inquiry use for EDUCAUSE Review and Innovate

o Finish the two PPT’s for EDUCAUSE website & the Collaborative Learning Fall Conference

• MOATS – reconceive final report