Instruction
Team Meeting
February 4 - 1:30 PM to 2:40 PM - Room 138
Minutes
Attendees: Joan, Carol, Lonna, Jordan, Wade, Evan, Fran, Ruby, Kathy, Jill
Excused: Art
Absent: Peggy
Announcements:
- Thanks to Kathy Lane for keeping classrooms well supplied and updating Web classroom
schedules. If you see errors in the classroom schedule, please let Kathy L. know. A couple
of faculty complained that the classrooms had not been clean. Carol asked Janell to follow
up on getting the classrooms cleaned more often. Janell told her that the janitor had been
off for a couple of months but has returned this week and will be cleaning them
regularly as before.
- New Guides: Carol has finished Getting Connected at Home it can be used for all
sorts of sessions and includes info on ISP's, free email and VAX accounts
- New Gen Sessions seem to be quite popular, and we've had
many calls. Wade will be doing an additional basic session on Saturday Feb 27 for the
Friends.
- TLF and TLTR Sessions (updates from Jill and Ruby)
- Ruby reported that there were no new TLTR projects that she was aware of
- Jill reminded us of the ongoing TLF sessions, the assessment project and that she is
overseeing the Student End of Course Evaluations session on feb 16 in the
skyroom from 3:00-4:30. Jill will begin a discussion on the student evaluation form, for
instruction faculty, at the next Team meeting.
- Gen Ed Assessment - The Pilot project assessing overall student learning at WSU in
writing and numeracy is assessing skill level across entire curriculum
through the evaluation of artifacts from randomly selected students this semester
- See Teaching, Learning and Assessment Newsletter if you haven't already
- 1999/2000 Library Teaching Schedule on the
Intranet, remember to reload...Jill mentioned she may have some changes. It was fine with
everyone else.
- Please review the Library Services
for Distance Learners draft and give me any feedback in the next week or so...
- Fasttrac: According to Joan, Fasttrac will be institutionalized and supported by the
administration. Hopefully we can look forward to some forthcoming details, for faculty and
students.
- Other announcements: Wade announced that the latest call for RSPG Hemingway has
gone out and the deadline is very soon. He suggested faculty check the RSPG Web site right
away if they are interested.
Discussion:
GENERAL TEAM (FACULTY and STAFF) ISSUES
1. Ruby presented several ideas for improving meetings and team work. From this
discussion, the following was decided:
- It was decided to rotate responsibilities for chairing the Instruction team meetings. Lonna
will be charged with chairing the March 11 meeting. Jordan will
chair the April 22 meeting. This will include responsibilities for doing or delegating the
following:
- sending out an announcement requesting items for the agenda, at least one week prior to
the meeting
- posting on the Web or sending the agenda via email to all instruction team members at
least one day prior to the meeting requesting reports from the subcommittees
- chairing the meeting and taking notes for the minutes
- posting or sending the minutes of the meeting out to the team within a day or two after
the meeting
- Note: The team leader does not feel it is her responsibility to remind
people to do the above, and she therefore appreciates this new level of responsibility for
team activities, by team members.
- Three subcommittees were formed. Carol will call the first meeting for each subcommittee
next week. Each subcommittee then needs to select a chair and establish their specific
goals, priorities, and timetables. Each subcommittee will make their meetings known and
open to all members of the Instruction team. Subcommittee draft documents and outcomes
will be posted on the library instruction intranet.
- 1. Information literacy competency skills test - Wade, Evan and Ruby
- Possible charge: Develop bank of questions to use with Webtester for students to use to
test out of Information Literacy requirement beginning Fall '99.
- 2. LibSci 2201 - Wade, Evan, Ruby and Carol
- Possible charge: Redesign and integrate 2201 and 2202.
- 3. English 2010 - Jill, Joan and Lonna
- Charge? I'm not sure what this subcommittee is thinking of doing?
- There was some discussion of EMB
- Carol had requested that team mebers view goals discussed at first team meeting.
Ruby also mentioned that a teaching styles and pedagogy subcommittee may be useful, but no
decision was made. No other subcommittees were discussed.
- The team agreed to separate Instruction faculty issues, from those that effect the
entire team, as we have done in the past.
2. FYE and 2010
- Any comments or suggestions for slides or exercises? None were suggested.
- Carol has had several positive comments from 2010 faculty and students.
- Some 2010 faculty are coming late and this is unsatisfactory
As may arise...None.
FOR CREDIT INSTRUCTION (FACULTY) ISSUES
3. Info Lit Competencies
- Carol's met with Margaret Bennet, Laura Anderson and a new staff member Ms. Lapine who
is working on the test for the TBE department. TBE will oversee the exam development and
implementation, we may have input as we wish.
- We will use the DRAFT Information Literacy Competencies for
WSU Stewart Library presented at last meeting as the basis for our future curriculum
development and for developing the information literacy test.
4. Refining LibSci 2201
- Jill asked "Could we talk about the Info Lit. class at New Mexico State - as a
model if we wanted to broaden the introductory LIS course and include more Internet
stuff." We decided to set up a subcommittee to do this. see above.
5. Faculty Instruction Goal Idea:
As may arise...Kathy mentioned that six new databases would be added soon and
she would send email alerting us to their availability.
Please send corrections or additions to Carol
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