7-16+Notes


 * Issue/Process || Expected Outcome || Lead || Time ||
 * **Review of agenda** || **Common understanding, Identification of additional items** ||  || **5** ||
 * Present at the meeting were Rhonda Sheeley (1), Sherry Sines (10), Sharon Kurns (11), Evan Abbey (11), Katie Gavin (GPAEA), Gwen Nagel (DE), Sue Swartz (DE), and Arlan Thorson (ILO). During the meeting, there were frequent technical difficulties.

Evan gave a reminder that the Web IEP module is finished. It is presently located at []. At some time (not in the near future), the module will be moved to the mandatory training site. ||
 * **Feedback on Iowa Learns website** || **Discuss** || **Evan** || **10** ||
 * Evan mentioned the [|Iowa Learns website], from May's meeting. There was no feedback from the committee members on the use of the website. ||
 * **Updates on upcoming projects** || **Inform, Discuss, Next Steps** || **Sharon & Evan** || **30** ||
 * • Sharon and Evan gave an overview of the three prioritized projects for the online council.

• Evan has not met recently with the special education procedures manual committee, headed by David Happe (AEA 14). He is planning on meeting with some committee members in the next week. At this time, it is not expected that the committee will need much assistance from the council.

• Evan and Gwen are planning to meet with Jim Reese (DE) about a proposed Iowa Core foundations course. Evan has generated a list of questions for Jim on the project, including the following:

1. What do you envision to be the format of this course? A teacher-less module that participants go through on their own? A traditional online course with a teacher and fellow participants, including forum discussions and group work? A course built around live (synchronous) sessions of discussion, be it the ICN or Adobe Connect Pro? 2. Is this a course you envision being for credit? Will there be a cost for participants? 3. Who is the target audience for this course? Administrators? District Leadership teams? All teachers? HS? MS? ES? All of the above? 4. What will be the targeted outcomes for that audience? Will they be primarily content knowledge, or dispositions, or applying the knowledge to your specific school/classroom? 5. What is the scope for the course? Will it be for the entire state? Required? Strongly recommended? How will we work to ensure the scope is carried out? 6. Who from the ICC committees can commit to working on the project? Will this include AEA personnel? LEA personnel? What type of time commitment will this take for AEA/LEA personnel, and what might you say to chief administrators/superintendents who are concerned about the time commitment for their staff to be involved in development? 7. When would you like the course to be available? When will the personnel from #6 above be able to start working on the project? 8. What role can/will ILO or IPTV play in the development of the course?

Evan will email the group the answers to those questions after the meeting, ahead of the August 27th planning session. It is expected that this project will be mainly under the coordination of the online council.

• Evan has met with Colleen Anderson (DE) and Toy Waterman (AEA 11) about the formative assessment module. The formative assessment sub-committee is planning on developing an instructor-led Moodle course around formative assessment, and will utilize the statewide Moodle server (see below). The sub-committee is in the process of gathering content, hoping to have that finished by Friday, 6/17. Toy Waterman and Deb Henkes (AEA 1) will be building the module. At this time, the only expected work from the council will be to help advise Toy and Deb on principles of instructional design. Evan will be working with them. It was recommended that, as the module was being built, it could be shared with other Iowa Core subcommittees so that they could better determine what online professional development opportunities would work for their committees. ||
 * **Update from Chief Administrators, discussion about funding** || **Discuss, Next Steps** || **Sharon & Evan** || **40** ||
 * • Sharon shared with the group that the Chief Administrators had requested some more specific cost totals to determine a budget for online work. This was difficult, since projects can involve many different variables.

• Evan shared with the council the (doc). Evan discussed with the group that the discussion points were to help the chief administrators see the need for a process for the council's budgeting decisions. The document differentiates between maintenance and development costs. Evan & Sharon mentioned the maintenance costs were, for the foreseeable future, covered by the money brought in via external (non educator) users of the mandatory training system. The development costs would vary from project to project, and required funding. The document also looks to clarify the role of the council with the Chief Administrators and lay out the variables that go into determining costs. Included in it are the costs from the Web IEP module as well as the proposed formative assessment course.

• Rhonda suggested that the document propose a specific budget to be allocated each year, so that the council knew how much money they had to work with. The council agreed, mentioning that it would not specify where the money was to come from (i.e. IEC money). Sharon suggested that each member of the committee have a discussion with their respective chief administrator about the topic before the chief administrator meeting in September. ||
 * **Discussion about statewide Moodle server, DE/ILO projects** || **Inform, Discuss** || **Gwen** || **15** ||
 * • Gwen shared with the group that ILO was willing to host any statewide Moodle projects on their server. The server's hardware maintenance is performed by the DE's ITE staff. What would be asked of the AEAs is to administer the software, user accounts, and registration for the courses. Evan volunteered to oversee that administration for an interim time, until the council can find a way to distribute the work requirement. Evan and Gwen will meet with IPTV personnel to discuss logistics of the change. This server would be used for the formative assessment course.

• Gwen described a DE initiative tentatively entitled Rubie, organized by Susan Walkup. The initiative's grant brought teachers from several school districts in to create curricular units for certain courses (such as English 9, Algebra, Biology, and American Literature). They are not full courses.

The purpose of the initiative is to develop online content that local school districts could use, especially for credit recovery for struggling learners. It is hoped that, after the initial template is developed, other LEA's would develop and contribute their own content. Gwen posed the question to the council, what role do we feel the council plays with the development of K-12 online curriculum. The council agreed to look at that question during the August 27 meeting, when more members were present. || Future agenda items? Plan to set future dates** ||  || **5** || • Revisiting purpose of the council, determine 09-10 goals • Planning for statewide Online Communities • Planning for Iowa Core foundational online course • Discussion of council's role for developing K-12 online content • Discussion about building capacity among the AEAs to design instructional content • Feedback from the group on the Iowa Learns database ||
 * **Closing** || **What needs to be communicated?
 * Next meeting (August 27) will include: