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Educational Technology Committee
Meeting 02/08
Tuesday 11 March 2008, 11 am
Chair &: CL_75_G21
Video conferenced to: CA_H7.82; VCP_Sisson Room; GP_2W.263; BK_901.203.
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Welcome
Apologies: Phil Steele, Darren McKee, Philip Dearman, Des Casey, Jeff Janet,
Aidan Lister.
Attendance:
- Caulfield: Kate Roth,Cameron Nichol,Peggy Maher, Campbell Wilson (presenter),
Paul Bonnington (presenter).
- Clayton: David Murphy (chair), Gordon Sanson, Bernard Holkner, Len Webster,
Emily Feher, George Kotsanas, John Hurst, Phil Steele, Nathan Bailey, Melissa de
Zwart, Maria Garcia de la Banda, Cameron Nichol, Katherine Lock, Janette Burke,
Gayle Nicholas, Dash Jayasuriya, Harsh Suri (observer), Margot Schuhmacher (observer).
- VCP: Paul White
- Gippsland: Alison Whitley
- Berwick: Matt Butler (observer)
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Moodle demonstration
Campbell Wilson, Faculty of IT, demonstrated his use of Moodle, an open source Learning
Management System (LMS). He is using version 1.9. Features of the system include
blog and wiki tools, facility to use of the "back" button, and compatability with
web browsers.
Technical support for Moodle is not available centrally at Monash. Campbell provides
his own technical support and other projects are being given technical support at
the Faculty level. Feedback from students using Moodle has been positive.
David gave a timely reminder that MUSO is an umbrella term and does not refer
to just one program or LMS.
A new forum, "Moodle users at Monash", open to all Monash staff, is available at:
http://sakai.med.monash.edu.au/portal/site/etc-projects
A suggestion was made to have a showcase opening up all FIT's Moodle sites.
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The eResearch Centre and eEducation Nexus
Paul Bonnington, newly appointed director of the eResearch Centre, spoke about the
nature of eResearch and of the connections with eLearning. He proposed a future
nexus of Library information, data management, eResearch and eLearning at Monash.
Paul also introduced the committee to EVO, a product he had used extensively
and successfully in New Zealand. The product is a synchronous collaboration tool
which operates from the desktop. In NZ EVO and Sakai were run side by side as Sakai
was more functional as a repository. EVO is free to the research and education community.
Janette reported there is an EVO pilot running in conjunction with the Library.
She will report further on the trial.
Katherine noted that email invitations will be sent to all ETC members to attend
an EVO demonstration on Thursday 27 March, 1 - 2.30 pm in the Council Room at Clayton
campus.
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4.
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Confirmation of minutes and matters arising
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4.1
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The minutes of meeting 01/08 were confirmed.
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4.2
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Blog action group ETC0108 2.2.2
The Blog action group will be merged with the Digital SIG.
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4.3
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ET Sakai ETC0108 4
ET Sakai is now accessible by all Monash staff members.
A new name is needed for ET Sakai so that users understand it scans all educational
technology use and not just Sakai. A thread in "Feedback and suggestions" is available
for suggestions. "ET Connect" and "ET Sandpit" are suggestions.
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Report from sub-committees and SIG
Note: This will be a substansive item on ETC agendas.
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5.1
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Policy Subcommittee
Janet Burke reported that the current Educational Technology policy should be rescinded
rather than revised. The sub-committee will work on innovation policy and procedures
in the first instance.
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5.2
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Lecture capture and broadcasting subcommittee
Paul reported that the lecture capture and broadcasting document is ready for ETC
members to comment on. It will be placed in the Lecture capture and broadcasting
forum in ET Sakai for this purpose:
http://sakai.med.monash.edu.au/portal/site/etc-projects The document will
then be circulated to ADTs. A suggestion was that the document be viewed alongside
the evaluation for Lectopia.
The documentation will be reviewed by the ETC, then DVC(E), distributed to ADEs
and then tabled at the LTQC by Phil Steele and David Murphy.
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5.3
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Digital media SIG
Bernard thanked George, Matt and Nathan for their contribution to the SIG.
Blogs & wikis were noted as an immediate priority for the SIG. It was agreed the
catalogue of services would be very useful, though the ongoing challenge of communicating
with staff across Monash was discussed as an issue.
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5.4
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Conference sub-group
No report.
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6.
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Reports and Updates
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6.1
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AuSakai
No further details.
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7.
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Other Business
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7.1
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Wireless access for students
Dash raised this issue of students being able to register more than one address
to access wireless.
Nathan responded that this arose at the Senior Summit and the issue will come under
this line of action. In the end it is a Faculty level decision, but there are implications
from the use of multiple devices to be considered.
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7.2
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ETC Chair
This was David Murphy's last meeting as Chair of the ETC and he looks forward to
surf skiing while we meet next month.
Gordon moved a heartfelt vote of thanks to David for his work with the committee,
which included working through some difficult times and to many achievements. The
motion was heartily seconded by John Hurst.
David thanked the committee and described his work with the ETC as "fun". He noted
the enthusiasm of the committee for its work made it a great committee to work with.
The appointment of a new Chair has not yet been made.
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7.3
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Next Meeting
The next meeting of the ETC is scheduled for Thursday 10 April, 11 am - 1 pm
chaired from Gippsland campus. Note that details will need to be confirmed once
the new Chair is appointed.
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