online learning task force 2008-09

The mission of the Online Learning Task Force is to "Research existing options and anecdotal evidence, especially as it relates to art colleges, and present information to Montserrat community; provide Interim Report to Pres Cab in December and Final Report of Findings in May 2009."
— from document dated 20 September 2008

members of the task force 2008-09
Cheri Coe, Erin Dionne, Justin Gagne (co-chair), Blyth Hazen, Betsy Hopkins (trustee), David Kwok, John McVey (co-chair), Jake Snyder, Laura Tonelli

previous meetings

1 April 2009
report to faculty .doc
(contains report to President Sturnick, presented 25 March 09)

11 March 09
minutes .doc

24 February 09
minutes .doc

10 February 09
minutes .doc

10 December 08
minutes .doc

12 November 08
minutes .doc

29 October 08
minutes .doc

7 October 08
minutes .doc

4 September 08

The objectives of the Online Learning task force were further elucidated at a Board of Trustees meeting on September 20.

Contact John McVey for minutes to these meetings, or documents on these topics generated in Spring 2008.

online course activity (08-09)

Contemporary Social Problems (Gordon Arnold, Spring 09)

Cultural Anthropology (Gordon Arnold, Spring 09)

Artists Notebook (Ethan Berry, Spring 09)

Senior Design Seminar (John Colan, Spring 09)

Web Authoring 1 (Justin Gagne, Fall 08 ; basecamp)

Animation : 3D (Blyth Hazen, Spring 09 ; moodle)

Kinetics, Robotics and the Interactive Environment (Blyth Hazen, Spring 09 ; moodle)

independent study (Blyth Hazen, Spring 09 ; moodle)

Contemporary Issues in Photography (Gabrielle Keller, Anne Loyer, Fall 08)

Design Stories (John McVey, Spring 09)

Drawing Viterbo Summer 08 (Fred Lynch, Summer 08)

online bibliographic activity (08-09)

Art Education Community Resources (Cheri Coe, Spring 09)

Online resources (Cheri Coe, Spring 09 ; tied to current courses)

Paul Scott Library's bookmarks (Cheri Coe, ongoing)

montserrat illustration bookmarks (Fred Lynch, ongoing)

design stories bookmarks (John McVey, drawing on old design resources page)

Gagne, Hazen, McVey and others have used course websites for years; many of these are archived via studio.montserrat

Some of our faculty have worked with courseware and online learning platforms elsewhere : Erin Dionne, Nicole Cave Luongo; David Kwok and Jake Snyder also have such experience.

resources

basecamp

moodle

educause
Richard N. Katz, ed. The Tower and the Cloud (2008).
"...examines the impact of IT on higher education and on the IT organization in higher education."

All chapters (and entire text) downloadable via books page.

Evaluating Online Learning: Challenges and Strategies for Success U.S. Department of Education, July 2008
Report dedicated to online learning in the K-12 arena; entire document available here.

12 April 09