Learning in a digital age/1st Meeting

Date: NZST (Click on link for local time.) Meeting room: Zoom, https://zoom.us/j/541899894

Agenda

 * 1) Welcome and introductions
 * 2) * LiDA - an OERu first on multiple dimensions.
 * 3) * Candidate for case study for the OERu marketing, communications and fund development project.
 * 4) Background to the LiDa development
 * 5) * Approved at 16-04 OERu Management Committee meeting
 * 6) * LiDA is confirmed for inclusion in the OERu free 1st year of study (Otago Polytechnic will offer assessment services for transcript credit and plans to implement optional micro-credentials and digital badges.)
 * 7) Process for assembling the draft curriculum outline
 * 8) Open invitations posted to OERu partners to contribute
 * 9) Existing courses incorporated into the draft outline:
 * 10) * PLA300 from Thomas Edison State College
 * 11) * "E-literacy for Contemporary Society" from the University of Southern Queensland.
 * 12) Crowd-sourcing topics from the open community.
 * 13) Blog posts by Gráinne and social media invitations via Twitter. (see OERu LiDA course and Get involved in the LiDA course.)
 * 14) Noting feedback on early drafts posted on the LiDA list on groups.oeru.org.
 * 15) Review and discussion of the draft LiDA curriculum outline
 * 16) * Considering 5 micro-courses and options for electives. (North America requires 3-micro courses, wherease Australian and New Zealand would require 4 micro courses.)
 * 17) Next steps
 * 18) * Completing the LiDA design blueprint
 * 19) * Drafting of programme approval documents for Otago Polytechnic Academic Board meeting of 18 July 2016 (Agenda closes 1 July 2016)
 * 20) * Parallel development of learning pathways
 * 21) * Initiating approval processes for credit transfer and/or parallel delivery at OERu partners.
 * 22) How to engage - Key planning documents and OERF communication tools
 * 23) * LiDA course planning page
 * 24) * LiDA group list
 * 25) * LiDA Develelopment Kanban board.

Summary of meeting and key decisions

 * 1) Attendance Gráinne Conole (OERF Consultant), Michelle Harris (TRU), Stephen Philips (TESU), Jim Taylor (USQ), Jason Finnerty (Marketing consultant), David Bull (USQ), Ray O' Brien (Otago Polytechnic), Dave Lane (OERF), Travis Holland (UOW). Apologies Irwin DeVries (TRU), Helen Partridge (USQ), Nicholas Todd (USQ), Sarah Lambert (UOW).
 * [1:40] Noted the unique attributes of the LiDA course development project:
 * 1) * Wide international interest for all learners embarking on tertiary online study
 * 2) * 1st OERu open consultation to develop the course outline to maximise reuse potential in the network
 * 3) * 1st OERu development where the curriculum outline is derived from two courses within the partner network
 * 4) * 1st OERu development that has crowdsourced topics and ideas for inclusion in the course
 * 5) * LiDA will provide options for micro-credentials including digital badges mapped to transcript credit
 * 6) * The course will be designed for "open boundary" format so that LiDA could be offered simultaneously for full-tuition students on campus at one or more OERu partners learning in parallel with OERu learners on the open web.
 * 7) Advised that we will develop a case study of the LiDA development for the OERu marketing and communications project.
 * [3:45] Participant introductions
 * 1) * Noted that LiDA could be considered for transfer credit towards the Certificate of General Studies at TRU listed as an exit credential for the OERu 1st year of study.
 * 2) * Acknowledged the significance of the LiDA course development having two members of the Board of the OER Foundation serving on the course team.
 * 3) * Noted that LiDA is being developed to ensure alignment with TESU's PLA300 course.
 * 4) * Acknowledged the potential for the LiDA course as OER to be incorporated for reuse in non-credit student support initiatives to promote critial digital literacies.
 * 5) * Emphasised the importance of learning and digital literacies for learners preparing for university study.
 * 6) * Noted the value of the LiDA open development project for OERu partners to plough back learning for local institutional practices.
 * 7) * Noted that LiDA is being developed to ensure alignment with USQ's E-learning in Contemporary Society course.
 * 8) [20:50] Shared the process for developing the draft LiDA curriculum outline noting:
 * 9) * Approval by the OERu Management Committee to incorporate LiDA in the MVP 1st year of study
 * 10) * Integration of the TESU and USQ curriculum outlines of similar courses into the draft LiDA course outline
 * 11) * Integration of the topics suggested from the crowdsourcing initiative
 * 12) [24:58] Demonstrated the LiDA curriculum KanBan board and the proposed division of micro-courses derived from: the USQ and TESU course outlines outlines, crowdsourcing suggestions and initial feedback from the LiDA team.
 * 13) * Reviewed the suggestions for improvement posted on the LiDA course email list and how this was integrated into the LiDA curriculum outline.
 * 14) * Noted potential organising frameworks including:
 * 15) *# JISC's 7 elements of digital literacies as a potential organising framework
 * 16) *# LLiDA Framework of Frameworks
 * 17) *# Agreed to map the work of new media literacies by Henry Jenkins to the LiDA course.
 * 18) * Recommended the inclusion of outcomes relating to "networked learning" into the LiDA course.
 * 19) * Acknowledged the flexibility for TESU to use three of the 5 proposed micro courses and that institutions in New Zealand and Australia will require four micro-courses for full-course credit. The OERF will fund the development of the 1st four micro courses for transcript credit at Otago Polytechnic.
 * 20) * Invited all OERu partners to consider reusing LiDA course resources and offering assessment services for transcript credit towards local credentials.
 * 21) [42:30] Discussed the draft division for the five micro-courses initially proposed as follows:
 * 22) Digital skills for online learning
 * 23) Open education
 * 24) Media literacy
 * 25) Digital citizenship
 * 26) Independent self-directed learning
 * 27) [44:00] Agreed the following improvements:
 * 28) * Move Media literacy (currently Micro course 3) to micro course 2, i.e. before learners study Open education noting that as an open course, learners may choose a different sequence.
 * 29) * The outcomes relating to What is learning and how it has changed should be restricted to effective learning strategies in a digital age and the card was moved to Micro course 1.
 * 30) [55:17] Reviewed next steps of the LiDA development
 * 31) * Agreed that Gráinne and Wayne will populate the course specifications for each micro-course in the wiki including learning outcomes, suggested resources and proposals for summative assessment with an open invitation to all members of the course team to contribute and assist in refining these outlines.
 * 32) * Confirmed that the LiDA course decision-making model will be based on the open source practice of rough consensus and running code.
 * 33) * Referenced the design blueprint template and agreed that this will be progressed in parallel with the micro-course specifications.
 * 34) * [1:04:05] Agreed to integrate tutorials and related activities to develop skills in using the OERu technology tools in the first micro-course (blogging, microblogs, resource bank and community-based forums).
 * [1:08:10] Summarised the communication and planning support tools used by the OERu for course design and development including:
 * 1) * LiDA course planning page which contains links to all components of the course development
 * 2) * LiDA group list - used for email communication. (Once registered on the list communications should be emailed to: lida-course-team@groups.oeru.org)
 * 3) * LiDA Development Kanban board - and agile development tool used to record and track project activities.

Action items

 * 1) Gráinne to map the new media literacies of Henry Jenkins to the JISC and LliDA frameworks used to inform our LiDA course outline.
 * 2) Liaise with Michelle to determine how best to integrate networked learning into the LiDA course.
 * 3) Gráinne and Wayne to develop course outlines for the 1st four micro-courses within the next 10 working days targeting completion of the course approvals to be submitted for Academic Board at Otago Polytechnic (Agenda closes 1 July 2016).