Instruction Team Meeting

Minutes

Thursday April 5, 2001, Room 31

Attendees: Carol, Jill, Art, Fran, Evan, Wade, Joan, Kathy, Ruby, Shaun

Announcements

1. Untangling the Web update - Good attendance continues
2. Latest draft 2001/2002 Teaching Schedule is available. Please review to make sure your schedule is correct.
3. Digitization Workshop - Kenning Arlitsch presented an excellent workshop
4. UALC Assessment Workshop -  March 9, State Library was also excellent. Carol, Art, Shaun, Jill, Joan and Kathy attended.
5. English 2010/FYE Summer and Fall schedule draft schedules completed by Fran, let her know if you need to make any changes
6. Classroom update - Please be sure to fill out SAR form for every problem in the classroom. Computers have been crashing quite a bit? Altiris? Attempts to use audio in room 31 have been unsuccessful. Carol will send a message to systems.
7. Student End of Course Evaluations - Print forms are ready, Faculty can pick them up from Kathy T. See interim policy
8. Navigator Update - Please continue to provide feedback on the Navigator. Send suggestions to Shaun or Carol via email and they will relay to editing team.
9. Don't forget to keep track of and document your commendable instruction activities in your FAR. Carol needs/wants to share these for my annual report
10. Just a reminder, Carol will be on sabbatical next Spring. Staffing plan will be revised soon to reflect this.

Discussion

1. Outcomes assessment - Carol introduced the draft assessment process  and had asked everyone to review the following carefully before the meeting. There seemed to be a consensus to go ahead with the draft process and make adjustments as needed.

   • Instruction Assessment Web page attached. Carol has added links to some other useful assessment information pages.
   • The team reviewed the draft mission (first part of instruction program profile) and made suggestions. Carol will make those suggestions on the Web copy. Please send any additional suggestions as needed. 
   • The team is really working on two parallel assessments:
     • Assessment of instruction program (see below #2)
     • Assessment of student learning in each type of instruction
       • Draft assessment process attached
       • See Debra Gilchrist 5 questions handout attached
       • Outcomes priorities for each type of instruction (subcommittees?) 
         • Feel free to add, whatever is missing from your current course objectives? From our old info lit comp's, new ideas, etc...
       • Team decided to form subcommittees. Carol has listed these on the Assessment Web page and sent subcommittee chairs their charge

2. The team discussed ideas on department/program goals for coming year. Two items suggested were
   1. assessment
   2. assisting with new hires
   3. Carol presented her list of possible goals  for the team for 2001/2002. Team will review and make a decision on priority team outcomes at the next team meeting on April 26.
3. The following ideas were suggested for Untangle Sessions for Fall 2001. Carol will put together a draft schedule, find presenters and send a draft out to the team later in the semester. Anyone else wishing to volunteer a session or ideas for sessions, please let Carol know.
   1. Legal Sources - Lonna and Kathy P.
   2. Ancient History - Kathy P.
   3. Internet basics - 
   4. Getting Connected at Home -
   5. Ogden and Utah History - John Sillito
   6. College of Arts and Humanities Theme - Carol and Humanities prof.
   7. Plagiarism -
   8. Olympics -
   9. Ethnic Food -
   10. Internet Privacy and Security Issues -
   11. PC troubleshooting or Buying a PC - Laura Anderson
4. There was a brief discussion of the need for changes in wording of instruction evaluation criteria and/or performance expectations to reflect if we value members that are more proactive or more wiling to initiate. Joan seemed to think existing wording was adequate.
5. Team is dividing up responsibilities for Instruction guides. Carol will put together a draft page listing these and will update it as soon as the reference guides page is up.  Let Carol know if there is a guide you would like to take responsibility for maintaining and updating. Guides are now assigned to the following:
   1. Shaun - Using search Engines
   2. Art - Citing Print and Electronic Sources
   3. Using Call Numbers - Wade
6. Other items as may arise
   1. Carol is concerned the Friends mouse pads, although they look wonderful, they are confusing to students as they do not reinforce the Library's URL. She would like them removed and replaced with mouse pads that reinforce instruction.
   2. Carol will order refrigerator magnets for all 2010 and FYE students with the library URL.

01/09/2003