1. FAMLEARNS Project Steering Committee Meeting September 22, 2008 12:30 – 1:30 PM 113 Tucker Hall

2. The FAMU Multimedia Learning Resource Management System (FAMLEARNS) for STEM Instructional Enhancement 2007-2010

3. 22 Sep 2008 FAMLEARNS Steering Committee 3 AGENDA Project Team Steering Committee Charter Project Overview Technology Demonstration Year 1 Progress/Executive Summary Plans for Year 2 Challenges & Opportunities Photo Session

4. 22 Sep 2008 FAMLEARNS Steering Committee 4 Cross Disciplinary Project Team Dr. Edward L. Jones, CIS Ms. Christy Chatmon, CIS Mr. Chris Nowicki, CIS Dr. Desmond Stephens, Math Dr. Carl Moore, Mechanical Engineering Mr. Douglas McDonald, CIS (admin)

5. 22 Sep 2008 FAMLEARNS Steering Committee 5 Steering Committee Charter Purpose: Guide the evolution of FAMLEARNS as an institutional resource. Procedure: Annual progress report of project status, accomplishments, assessment, and proposed directions for the next year. Advocacy: Recommend migration of FAMLEARNS towards institution-wide adoption and integration with institutional educational technology.

6. 22 Sep 2008 FAMLEARNS Steering Committee 6 Project Overview – Driving Problems High failure rates in formative STEM courses  Biology  CIS  Math  Engineering Low technology adoption rates by faculty Potential to impact 5000 students!

7. 22 Sep 2008 FAMLEARNS Steering Committee 7 Project Overview - Proposed Solution Captured Learning Resources (CLRs)  Visuals (e.g., PowerPoint) integrated with audio  CLRs accessible via Blackboard, iTunes U On-the-fly authoring & faculty innovation  No special studio set-up  Whole lectures, special topics, tutoring Infrastructure for producing/publishing CLRs  Automated capture, publishing (indexing)  Help desk and support services for faculty

8. 22 Sep 2008 FAMLEARNS Steering Committee 8 FAMLEARNS Funding Summary US Dept of Education Minority Science & Engineering Improvement Program (Project P120A070081) $460K over 3 years: 10/1/2007 – 9/30/2010 2-3 course buyouts per year 1-2-2 graduate students funded; 3-2-3 undergraduate students funded

9. 22 Sep 2008 FAMLEARNS Steering Committee 9 FAMLEARNS DEMONSTRATION Chris Nowicki

10. 22 Sep 2008 FAMLEARNS Steering Committee 10 Year 1 Progress / Executive Summary Desmond Stephens Acquired FAMLEARNS technology Developed initial software infrastructure – automated upload to Blackboard Conducted small scale usability studies Created and trained Help Desk Other

11. 22 Sep 2008 FAMLEARNS Steering Committee 11 Plans for Year 2 Christy Chatmon Deploy FAMLEARNS in STEM departments CIS, Math, ME, Biology, Chemistry Host FAMLEARNS session at 2009 Faculty Planning Conference for non-STEM Provide infrastructure and support services Conduct project impact evaluation Host FAMLEARNS on institutional networks

12. 22 Sep 2008 FAMLEARNS Steering Committee 12 Challenges & Opportunities Carl Moore Evaluation  Challenge or Opportunity Asking and responding to tough questions Guarantees continuous improvement over time  Questions we want answered Who is using FAMLEARNS and how do they use it? Is FAMLEARNS appropriately designed? Are effects being realized (productivity, motivation, etc)?  Where will we get our answers Web access, interviews & surveys, help desk feedback

13. 22 Sep 2008 FAMLEARNS Steering Committee 13 Challenges & Opportunities Carl Moore Promotion  Reaching FAMLEARNS customers  Prior success (measured through evaluation) helps  Early acceptance by key educators and students Investigators are core STEM course faculty Building word of mouth support among students  Multimedia Marketing FAMLEARNS posters FAMLEARNS advertisement videos Other avenues?

14. 22 Sep 2008 FAMLEARNS Steering Committee 14 QA & Discussion Ed Jones Project website – http://www.cis.famu.edu/~famlearns