13.09.09

Date: 13 September 2009
[|Link to FlashMeeting]

ETRU Weekly 38

Attendees:

 * user:leoncych
 * user:daibarnes
 * user:johnmayo
 * user:dajbelshaw
 * user:grumbledook
 * user:misetakarrived a bit late :-)
 * user:marycooch lurking and multitasking :)


 * Apologies**:
 * user:markclarkson Off to see the British Superbikes, so likely to be a long day. See you next week
 * user:rogerneilson sorry folks, life is not without its problems at moment, won't make it
 * user:robthill attending birthday meal for grandson so probably not back in time

Actions from PREVIOUS Meeting:
Did half-marathon man Tom Barrett agree to draft a structure for possible blog posts on classroom tools? I see you've done that whilst I was writing this. :O)

Agenda:
1. ALT-C conference in Madchaester []. Anyone go or have anything to report on this series of keynotes and workshops? I watched a bit of this video on The VLE is dead: []. Seemed like a good place for eLearning thoughts to be thrashed out but I'm a bit too busy to look at the detail. user:daibarnes

2. Professional development credits. Saw @digitalmaverick (Drew shoots, Drew scores!) is chairing the [|live events committee for K12 online]. Further down the page it has the following: "Educators participating in the 2008 K-12 Online Conference can receive professional development credit from their local school organizations. Details about these procedures are available on our K12Online08 Professional Development (PD) Credit Wiki. Be sure to thoroughly read the expectations letter and share it with your local school organization BEFORE attending K12Online08 events and submitting reflections." It's not very clear if these are K12 online only or recognised by their district administrations but surely this is a good idea for any LA seeking to make sure monies are spent on quality CPD rather than wasteful jollies. It seems not to be that formal, but a buy-in method ("While we hope all school districts will recognize and accept K-12 Online Conference professional development certificates and hours, the conveners and other volunteers of the conference //cannot guarantee// that participant school districts will do so. **GIVEN THIS SITUATION, IT IS ESSENTIAL EACH PARTICIPANT DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH LOCAL SCHOOL OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR GRANTING AND SUPERVISING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS PRIOR TO THE EVENTS YOU ATTEND.**"). Still, worth a quick chat. user:daibarnes

====3. Following on from last week's discussion about templates for e-learning reviews, how's this? //[|Heuristical Templates (or, how to review elearning stuff in a way that benefits others]// user:dajbelshaw====

4. Twitter discussions about ETRU earlier today: [] user:daibarnes
 * user:dajbelshaw - Two thoughts about this. Didn't have much time for Karl Goddard's comments:
 * Is 'not being a teacher' important? Surely it's about creating a space to move foward together?
 * Does everything have to be about everything? I mean, do we have to cater for absolutely everyone all of the time?

Note from last week's discussion about using boxee for school tv channels. Tony Hirst says he is happy to work up some case study exemplars if anyone would like on - he is @psychemedia on twitter or a.j.hirst@open.ac.uk