NROC Advisor SummitSUMMARY

October 9-11, 2007MNSCU, St Paul

Course SwappingState-ROCsMeta dataGrowing NROC

NetworkingCo-developing

Sharing

Participants

Post-Secondary

Iowa Community College Online Consortium Theresa Ziegler

Minnesota State Colleges and University System

Deborah ProctorDennis Kronebusch

St. Petersburg College, FLAlan Shapiro

UT TeleCampus, TXMichael Anderson

Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)Liz Glowa

Secondary

Colorado Online LearningChris Rapp

Kentucky Virtual High SchoolLinda PittengerJennifer Carroll

Michigan Virtual High School Bob CurrieScott Vashaw

Omaha Public SchoolsMary SchlegelmilchMike Meier

Minnesota Public Schools OnlineRenee Jesness

Three Days together…

Tuesday, October 9: MNSCU Offices3:00 Opening Session: Stories from

Around the NROC Network4:45 Preview of our Agenda 5:00 Directly to dinner

Wednesday, October 10: MNSCU Offices 8:45 Arrive at MNSCU meeting room 9:00 NROC Evolution: Discussion10:15 Break10:45 NROC Content: Availability, Usage 12:00 Lunch on Site: Networking 1:00 Growing the NROC Library 1:45 Funding Course Development 2:15 Break 2:30 Work Groups- Course Dev

Activities 4:00 Adjourn 7:00 Dinner

Thursday, October 11: Hilton Garden Inn8:30 Synthesis from Wednesday

meeting9:00 NROC Network: Prof Development 9:30 Value Proposition Activity10:30 Planning 2008 NROC Members’

Mtg 11:30 Next Steps12:00 Wrap

Sharing Stories & Priorities

NROC Value Where we’ve come from, where we want to go…

Balancing creative tension… •sustaining the network•providing open education resources •adding new courses •increasing inter-institutional collaborations

What’s on members’ agenda: Access, Content and

Collaboration

WANTED:•increased usage•meta-data basics for LOR’s•CMS user groups•transitional courses•textbook alternatives (open), •accessibility requirements (CAST, priority 1)

COURSE DEVELOPMENT - specify• Rules of engagement for organizations• Expectations of course quality• Project management

Content Needs…

Subjects:Basic Math and EnglishEnglish Lit & CompWorld LanguagesVocational, Career TechChemistryTransitional coursesFeatures:Meta data - establish NROC setMap to 21st Century SkillsConsider “At Risk” students

Big Ideas: - Set Up “course swap” process between members- (State)ROC - each member state/agency has its own custom view into NROC, allows state customization, swapping

Membership Conference

Ideas:Gather leaders, teachers (2-3/member per org)Course swap meetsShare NROC experiencesNetworkingHands-on course modification, developmentCourse and CMS groupsMember presentations in NROC context

- teaching online, - using web 2.0 tools

HS-College collaborations

Timing: Early Fall 2008Tack-on to another conferenceNo perfect meeting match/HS+CollegeMembers to help plan

Additional suggestions…Monthly Member/Advisor web meetings

-members submit requests for agenda-1st on course swapping-prof dev about teach online with NROC

Spring Advisor meeting in CaliforniaConference member gatherings

Planning

Next Steps Develop course swapping strategy Pilot course development funding model (2ary?) Schedule monthly member webinars Start planning member conference Establish single CMS/LOR discussion at Network Develop collaborative grant proposals Establish basic NROC meta-data set Simplify NROC Network online community Develop more training for online teachers Communicate distinct NROC values

for Institutional Members including extended HippoCampus features for

members