2002 TTAC ONLINE Schedule
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January-February 2001
Weekly Schedule Topic/Activities Assignments/Resources for next session
Week 1 Welcome Back and Focus for Spring Semester  
Team Building
New Text: The Humane Interface by Jef Raskin.
Tues, Jan 22 Meeting: 10:00-1:00pm Commerce Lab
  • Welcome back!
  • Updates on holiday
  • Review general spring schedule and semester requirements
  • Housekeeping issues

Team Sessions

  • Proactive semester: online communities, interface design, learning objects, web accessibility, data-mining, appreciative inquiry, useability testing, educational research, sustaining e-learning/ training, evaluating online training
  • Review/ identify specific recommendations for semester
  • Review Myers-Briggs results from last semester
  • Team building task

1. Review TTAC project site and Prototype

2. Read: Team Building: Developing a Productive Team, The Apollo Syndrome, and Team Dynamics
Wed, Jan 23
Team Building - RETREAT: Gunston Hall 11:30 - 2:30

1. Review TTAC project site and Prototype
Thurs, Jan 24
Team Meeting: Revisit Phase 3 prototype; review recommendations; revist vision and mission statements; create roles and norms

1) Read Barab & Duffy - From Practice Fields to Communities of Practice

2) Read Designing and Building an Online Community

3) Read Wilson, B. & Ryder, M. (1998). Distributed learning communities: An alternative to designed instructional systems.

4) Read Building a Successful Community

5) Analyze the TTAC Phase 3 prototype from a community-based perspective:

a) In two groups, review Phase 2 team answers to the following questions and refine the answers:

What type of community am I building? Why am I building it? For whom am I building it? What benefits will members will get out of this community?

Do you agree with Phase 2 team answers? How would you change the lists? What is the difference between community, society, culture? How do you define a community member? What specific characteristics make this web site a community?

Fri, Jan 25

No face-to-face meeting on Fridays

[Shuangbao to test MS InterDev]

  
Week 2 Theory & Practice - Online Communities  
Mon, Jan 28
Meeting: 1:00-3:00pm Commerce Lab 
 
  • Introduction to MS InterDev (Shuangbao)
  • Present team roles and norms
  • Review groups' written answers to community building questions
  • Discussion on intersections between e-learning, community of practice and Web communities
  • Collaboratively review useability testing procedures developed during Phase 3 and be prepared to discuss possible additions, deletions or new ideas

1) Read Active Management for Online Communities

2) Read Virtual Communities Today

3)Read Community Development Among Distance Learners Haythornthwaite, Kazmer, & Robins

 
Tues, Jan 29

HUMAN RESOURCES USING COMMERCE II 100 8:30 - 10:00

 

Meeting: 10:00-1:00pm Commerce Lab 
 

  • Brainstorm attributes of successful online learning communities
  • Identify strengths and weaknesses of TTAC and the Phase 3 prototype related to online community attributes
  • Review Useability Testing Procedures
  • Reflections format/ Portfolio requirements

1) Think about who we might interview or conduct focus groups with as well as what questions we would ask them to gain a deeper understanding of our audience as related to building a successful online community.
Wed, Jan 30

WORKSHOP: Using Databases on the Web - Shuangbao Wang

10:00 - 12:00 Commerce Lab

  • Begin Useability Testing

1) Work on answers to building a successful community and who and when we might gather more information to more fully answer these questions.

2) Create draft project timeline

Thurs, Jan 31

Team Meeting time/ Useability Testing

 

1) Work on answers to building a successful community and who and when we might gather more information to more fully answer these questions.

2)Review project goals and objectives

 
FEBRUARY 2002    
Fri, Feb 1 No face to face meeting
  • Contribute reflection to individual Web Portfolio
  • Synthesize answers to building successful community and potential plan for interviews, focus groups etc.
  • Redraft goals and objectives as necessary
  • Post Status Report

1) Reflect on intersection of readings (constructivist learning environments, learning communities, practice fields, TTAC project)

2) Read Raskin, J. (2000). The Humane Interface - Chapter 1 Background and Chapter 2 Cognetics and the Locus of Attention.

3) Read How do you get started in planning a research study?
Week 3: Interface Design/ Educational Research
Mon, Feb 4

Meeting 10:00am-1:00pm in Commerce

  • Discussion of readings
  • Synthesize and record most relevant points from readings
  • Review current design and collaborate on new design ideas
  • Instructional Technology Research Techniques

 

 

1) Read Raskin, J. (2000). The Humane Interface - Chapter 3 Meanings, Modes, Monotony and Myths

2) Read Sherry, L. (2000). The nature and purpose of online discourse: A brief synthesis of current research as related to the Web Project.

3) Bring summary of important points or most helpful ideas related to readings for Tuesday's class and TTAC project

Tues, Feb 5

Meeting: 10:00am-1:00-pm Commerce Lab 

  • Meeting with Mary Wilds
  • Each student contributes important points from readings
  • Brainstorm application to TTAC

1) Read Writing Proposals for Acceptance at AECT, Practicing What We Preach: Making Effective Presentations at AECT

2) Read How to Get Research Articles Published in Professional Journals

Wed, Feb 6

 

Immersion Meeting (Status Reports/ Team Meeting Time/ Useability Testing)

  • Meeting with Mary Wilds

 

1) Team works on project goals

2) Team works on generating and recording design ideas for improvement of TTAC project

 

 

 

Thurs, Feb 7

  • Meeting with Mary Wilds

Team Meeting Time / Useability Testing/ Preparing results of Useability Testing with Mary

 

1) Read Raskin, Chapters 4 - 5

 

Fri, Feb 8

COMMERCE I 100 WILL BE CLOSED DUE TO HUMAN RESOURCES TRAINING SESSION

  • Contribute reflection to individual Web Portfolio
  • Post Status Report


Week 4 Learning Objects
Mon, Feb 11

Meeting: 1:00 - 3:00pm Commerce Lab

  • Status Report
  • Report on useability testing results
  • Review project timeline, project tasks and project goals

Note: Continue to read Raskin as time permits. Target completion date is Monday, February 18th

1) Read Raskin, Chapters 6 - 8

2) Review Wiley Instructional Use of Learning objects Chapter 1.1 Wiley, and Chapter 1.2 Gibbons, Nelson & Richards

3) Review Wiley Instructional use of Learning Objects Chapter 2.1- Bannan-Ritland, Dabbagh & Murphy, Chapter 2.3- Hannafin, Hill & McCarthy

4) Review Wiley Instructional Use of Learning Objects Chapter 4.1  Battle stories from the field: Wisconsin online resource center learning objects project Chitwood, May, Bunnow, and Langan

5) Review Wiley Instructional Use of Learning Objects Chapter 4.2  A university-wide system for creating, capturing, and delivering learning objects by Joseph B. South and David W. Monson

6) Review Wiley Instructional Use of Learning Objects Chapter 5.1    Collaboratively filtering learning objects by Mimi M. Recker, Andrew Walker, and David A. Wiley

NOTE: Reading postponed. See Thursday: February 28th 3) Read Berge, Z.L. (2001). A framework for sustaining distance training. In Z.L. Berge (Ed.) Sustaining Distance Training: Integrating Learning Technologies into the Fabric of the Enterprise. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. (Handout)
Tues, Feb 12

WORKSHOP: Learning Objects: David Wiley

10:00 - 1:00pm Commerce Lab

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 13

Meeting: 10:00am-1:00-pm Commerce Lab

  • Brainstorm learning object application in relation to TTAC project
  • Usability Testing

 

 

 
Thurs,  Feb 14

 

Meeting: Commerce Lab 9:00am-12:00pm

Team Meeting: Usability Testing

 

1) Schedule additional useability testing as needed

2) Team Leader provides readings
Fri,  Feb 15

No face to face Meeting:

  • Contribute reflection to individual Web Portfolio
  • Post Status Report

Week 5: Learning Objects and Design Ideas
Mon, Feb 18 Meeting: 12:00-3:00 pm Commerce Lab 
  • Conducting Formative Evaluations/ Rapid Prototyping Review

 

 
Tues, Feb 19 Meeting: 10:00-1:00pm Commerce lab
  • Team Leader (Charlotte) Presentation/ Discussion - Appreciative Inquiry
  • Continue reviewing LO software
  • Usability Testing

 

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Wed, Feb 20

Team meeting time

Usability Testing

1) Generate and finalize design ideas for TTAC

Thurs, Feb 21

Team meeting time: Usability Testing

1) Generate and finalize design ideas for TTAC

2) Team Leader provides readings
Fri, Feb 22

No face to face meeting:

  • Contribute reflection to individual Web Portfolio
  • Post Status Report
 1) Reflect on the quality of design ideas generated and how they came about in your team and related to the readings
Week 6: Web Accessibility
Mon, Feb 25

Meeting: 10:00-1:00pm Commerce

Conduct Formative Evaluation/ Rapid Prototyping

 

Tues, Feb 26 Meeting: 10:00-12:00pm Commerce Lab
  • Team Leader (Claudette) Presentation/ Discussion - Web Accessibility

 

 

Wed, Feb 27

Team Meeting time

 

 
Thurs, Feb 28

WORKSHOP: Web Accessibility - Kristine Neuber

10:00 - 12:30 Thompson Lab

1) Read Berge, Z.L. (2001). A framework for sustaining distance training. In Z.L. Berge (Ed.) Sustaining Distance Training: Integrating Learning Technologies into the Fabric of the Enterprise. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. (Handout)

2) Team Leader provides readings

MARCH 2002    
Fri, Mar 1

No face to face meeting:

  • Contribute reflection to individual Web Portfolio
  • Post Status Report

 

 

Week 7:

Web AccessibilityUTOPIC

Mon, Mar 4

Richmond: AT Task Force Meeting

Prototype Presentation
Tues, Mar 5

Meeting: 3:00-4:30pm Commerce Lab

  • Usability Testing/Results
  • Interface redesign for accessibility
  
Wed, Mar 6

WORKSHOP: 10:00 - 12:00 Commerce Lab

10:00 - 11:30am Job hunting strategies - Nancy Wallace
11:30 - 1:00pm Career Panel

  • Interface redesign for accessibility
  
Thurs, Mar 7

Team Meeting

  • Interface redesign for accessibility
1) Team Leader provides readings
Fri, Mar 8

No face to face Meeting

  • Work on portfolio
  • Happy Spring Break!
 
Week 8:

UTOPICSpring Break Week
Mon, Mar 11 - 15
  • No class

 

 
Week 9: Project Planning
Mon, Mar 18 Meeting: 1:00-3:00pm Commerce Lab
  • Where are we? Where do we need to go?
  • Determine broad elements of site
  • Determine Priorities within those elements
Tues,Mar 19 Meeting: 10:00am -12:00pm Commerce Lab  
Wed, Mar 20

Meeting: 10:00-12:00pm Commerce Lab

Presentation and Discussion of Status Reports

Thurs, Mar 21

 Team Meeting time

Richmond: TTAC Directors' meeting - Prototype Presentation

1) Team Leader to provide readings to Kay to post online

Fri, Mar 22

No face to face Meeting

  • PORTFOLIO REVIEW

  • Submit rough draft of paper for Peer Review

 
Week 10:
Mon, Mar 25

Meeting: 10:00-1:00pm Commerce Lab

 

 
Tues, Mar 26

Team Meeting Time

  • Team Leader (Noelle) Presentation/ Discussion - Sustaining E-Learning/Training
  • Team Leader (Janie) Presentation/ Discussion - Evaluating Online Learning

 

 
Wed, Mar 27

WORKSHOP: Project Management - Jean Chlastawa, C2

10:00 - 12:00 Commerce Lab

Team Meeting Time

Thurs, Mar 28

Team Meeting Time

Fri, Mar 29 No face to face meeting  
  • ROUGH DRAFT OF PAPER DUE
APRIL 2002
    
Week 11: PIC
Mon, Apr 1 Meeting: 12:00-3:00pm Commerce Lab

Tues, Apr 2

 Meeting: 10:00-1:00pm Commerce Lab

  • Team Leader (Susan) Presentation/ Discussion - Data-mining

 

Wed, Apr 3

Team Meeting Time

  
Thurs, Apr 4

Team Meeting Time

Fri, Apr 5

No face to face meeting

Week 12:
Mon, Apr 8

Meeting 10:00-1:00pm Commerce Lab

 
Tues, Apr 9

Meeting 10:00-1:00pm Commerce Lab

Wed, Apr 10

WORKSHOP: Tools Workshop - Multimedia Lab: Johnson Center

10:00 - 12:00 Room 311 JC

 
Thurs, Apr 11

Meeting 10:00-12:00pm Commerce Lab

 

 
Fri, Apr 12

No face to face meeting

  • Status report
  • Submit paper for Peer Review

Week 13: PI
Mon, Apr 15

Meeting: 10:00-1:00pm Commerce Lab

 
Tues, Apr 16

Meeting: 10:00-1:00pm Commerce Lab

  • Writing proposals and making professional presentations
  • Submitting papers for publication

 

  
Wed, Apr 17 Meeting: 10:00-1:00pm Commerce Lab
Thurs, Apr 18 Team Meeting Time

Fri, Apr 19

No face to face meeting

  • PAPERS DUE
Week 14:
Mon, Apr 22 Meeting: 10:00-12:00pm Commerce Lab  
Tues, Apr 23

Meeting: 10:00-12:00pm Commerce Lab

Wed, Apr 24 Meeting: 10:00-12:00pm Commerce Lab
Thurs, Apr 25 Meeting: 10:00-12:00pm Commerce Lab
Fri, Apr 26
  • PORTFOLIOS DUE
Week 15: TOPICFinal Revisions and Prepare Final PresentationOPIC
Mon, Apr 29 Meeting: 10:00-12:00pm Commerce Lab
  • Review status of development
 XXXX 
Tues, Apr 30

Meeting: 10:00-12:00pm Commerce Lab

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MAY 2002    
Wed, May 1

Meeting: 10:00-12:00pm Commerce Lab

  • Review status of project, make revisions, additions
 XXXX
Thurs, May 2

Meeting: 10:00-12:00pm Commerce Lab

  • Review status of project, make revisions, additions
  • Prepare final presentation

XXXX
Fri, May 3

Meeting: 10:00-12:00pm Commerce Lab

  • Prepare final presentation
XXXX
Week 16: TOPFinal Presentation
Mon, May 6

Meeting: 10:00-12:00pm Commerce Lab

  • Rehearse final presentation and relax

 XXXX 
Tues, May 7 * Moved to Tuesday, May 14th

FINAL PRESENTATIONS: 10:00 - 3:00 pm Commerce Lab

 XXXX
Wed, May 8

Meeting: 10:00-12:00pm Commerce Lab

  • Archive web site, project site and support materials
 XXXX
Thurs, May 9

Meeting: 10:00-12:00pm Commerce Lab

  • Archive web site, project site and support materials
 XXXX
Fri, May 10

Meeting: 10:00-12:00pm Commerce Lab

  • Archive web site, project site and support materials
 XXXX
SATURDAY, MAY 18
TOPICGRADUATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!