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*What can our group do to provide guidance and feedback to MTCU, COU, HEQCO?<ref>Bates, Tony (2010) [http://www.tonybates.ca/2010/07/21/designing-research-for-the-ontario-online-institute/ Designing research for the Ontario Online Institute]. </ref>
 
*What can our group do to provide guidance and feedback to MTCU, COU, HEQCO?<ref>Bates, Tony (2010) [http://www.tonybates.ca/2010/07/21/designing-research-for-the-ontario-online-institute/ Designing research for the Ontario Online Institute]. </ref>
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<ref>Jones, G. & Skolnik, M. (2009). Degrees of Opportunity: Broadening Student Access by Increasing Institutional Differentiation in Ontario Higher Education. Toronto: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario. [http://www.heqco.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/Degrees%20of%20Opportunity.pdf]</ref>
 
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*[http://cou.on.ca/ COU] submission on the online institute
 
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*COU request re: T&L resources

Revision as of 15:24, 23 July 2010

Summer Institute 2010 will be held @ the University of Guelph from August 9-11, 2010.

Confirmed 2010 Participant List

Agenda:

Day 1: August 9, 1pm-4pm

Welcoming Remarks from Peter Wolf (TSS Director, Guelph) and Richard Pinet

2010 Institutional sharing roundtable

  • (triumphs & challenges this year)

Communication preference

OCULL survey?

Ontario Online Institute

<ref>Jones, G. & Skolnik, M. (2009). Degrees of Opportunity: Broadening Student Access by Increasing Institutional Differentiation in Ontario Higher Education. Toronto: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario. [1]</ref>

  • COU submission on the online institute
  • COU request re: T&L resources
  • HEQCO

Guelph Pub Crawl

  • Dinner not provided, but company will be
  • Research and exploration of Guelph's pub nightlife

Day 2: August 10, 9-4

Tom Carey, HEQCO (11am-2pm)

  • Based on our preliminary discussions of Day 1, Tom will provide us with more information about the role HEQCO is playing in shaping the Online Institute.

Course Design Models

  • How can we ensure quality course content and delivery but embrace process-driven learning, where learners are motivated, self-directed co-creators of content. Open courses are commendable but are they scalable and institutionally supportable? We will be discussing the innovation that is happening at your institutions and beyond.

Dinner at Atmosphere Cafe

Day 3: August 11, 9am-12pm

Showcase of University-built educational software

  • U of G Curriculum Mapping software, PEAR peer review software
  • Carleton - BigBlueButton - open source alternative to Wimba & Elluminate
  • UOIT project
  • OCAD - Custom LMS
    • We will discuss innovative ways of sharing/ licensing/ custom-built software within Ontario and/or Canada.
    • What would work? What are other institutions doing? Can we be strategic with our infrastructure and software development. <ref>Do you have something you want to share or showcase wrt software development at your institution? Email gforsythe AT brocku.ca</ref>

Aimée Morrison Morrison, U of Waterloo (Digital Humanities)

  • The intersection of humanities with technology is getting a lot of research attention.
  • What's happening in the field? What is happening at your institutions? How can we get more involved?

Conclusions & Next Steps


Notes and References

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