Technology and Distance Education Committee Meeting
Date: November 6, 2024
Minutes Recorded By
Katy Chapman
In Attendance
Dean Glenn Good, Walter Balser, Katy Chapman, Bojan Lazarevic, Alisa Hanson, Domenic Durante, Jason Arnold, Justin Ortagus, Rui
Approval of Agenda
Welcome by Dean Good
Review from Domenic of ETC Updates
Jason Review
AI – Course Development Support for Undergraduate Courses
- Additional dollars will be distributed depending on school director feedback – for high enrollment courses that have potential to grow
- Could be included as a buyout for courses or pay in the summer
- Looking for courses that UF COE can showcase
Interface Conference
- Holistic education conference – Need College of Education reps – UFO is there
- Domenic sent a link to the conference: https://teach.ufl.edu/interface-teaching-conference-2025/
- April 22nd – held at the Reitz Union
AI Conference – AI^2 Intersections Conference
- February 2025 – Number of different topics there
- Michigan, North Western, Stanford
- Agenda: https://pwd.aa.ufl.edu/ai2-summit/
- Need/Looking for UF representation at the conference
Quality Matters
- Need to work on getting undergrad courses through the process
Grants – Dissemination Piece
- Write ETC into your grants – can build websites, can help write the piece, can help support the grant
- Jason has been meeting with directors of schools
Studio Times – Available for Filming
Message from Ian Clontz, the new Video Production Manager at the College of Education, joined by Studio Manager Angela Epps:
We’re excited to embark on a new era of creating high-quality, engaging content for the college. To introduce ourselves and our services, we’re reaching out to offer our support for your upcoming courses, grants, and other funded projects.
To assist in the preparation of online courses for Spring 2025, we’re offering studio time for recording module intros during the following dates:
- November 11th-15th
- November 18th-22nd
- December 9th-13th
- December 16th-19th
If you’re interested in scheduling a studio session or exploring other video production services for future projects, please visit our website to fill out the Studio Request Form. This allows us to track equipment and space for the college and our unit.
Professional Development Opportunity for Microcredentials
- See the email – November 21st – Domenic and Jason leading
- Getting creative in this ever unknown space for education
- You can use any LMS you want for microcredentials – Domenic and team typically design through RISE
What Should Be the Next Steps for Creating These Workshops/Seminars?
- Maybe start with the microcredentials workshop and go from there?
- Training session/discussion – then decide who is interested going forth with this
- Workshops/microcredentials – opportunities to work with school districts through the COE – teaching methods using AI (Bojan idea)
Canvas Courses Through ETC
- Canvas course through ETC – online teaching methods for adjuncts – will be offered
- Canvas course through ETC – online teaching methods for new faculty – will be offered
Workshops – Ideas from Faculty
- Domenic would like to pair up with faculty to lead these trainings/workshops once he has determined the need for each webinar topic
- Seminars or webinars?
- If we make Zoom available then we have low face-to-face attendance
TAs, Adjuncts, Doc Students
- Need teaching support for undergrad courses
- Organize 3 times meeting per year – Orientation for online teaching methods – conducted during the first/second week of the semester, then again throughout the semester as needed
- Maybe share Canvas course before the semester and then do the just in time training with the adjunct faculty
- Face-to-face/real time conversation would be preferable for our session ideas
- Focus on technical skills, teaching pedagogy, engagement methods
- Ratio of full time faculty vs. adjuncts/doc students for teaching online undergrad courses
- Just in time training – include faculty member and ID in the planning/presentation