SLN ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
Conference Call - September 18, 2008, 2 – 3:30 pm

Call to Order: 2:05 p.m.

Status Update: Convening of Workgroups

Alex Pickett – Education

• First meeting of work group was held September 5th.
• Intro meeting – connected and oriented group to mission.
• Discussed purpose of work group and created general purpose statements.
• Areas of purview – faculty and professional development, community of practice and instructional development & design.
• Preliminary areas of focus:
• Frame education service plan (to be in place by beginning of calendar year)
• Evaluating what is currently in place; who is served & supported
• What campuses need to do their jobs?
• Report on short term priorities
• SLN education program component migration
• Next meeting September 29th; to brainstorm SLN services; reach out to community.

Mike Walker – Help Desk

• First meeting of work group was held August 15th.
• Introductions made
• Next meeting (late September & early October)
• Provide group with an initial document re: services offered by the SLN Help Desk
• What would they like to see the committee happen
• Supporting non-SLN campuses
• Communication; developing better communication methods & reporting

Doug Cohen - Application

• Group has not yet met yet.
• Working on Angel project – will meet within the next few weeks.

Judy – Marketing & Communication

• Group has not met yet though Chair has communicated with all group members.
• Group will meet in the next few weeks.

Gerard – Finance

• Meeting has been tabled, waiting for SLN groups to finalize service level agreements

Review of SLN Mission Statement

• SLN receives $1.7 million in funding from SUNY Administration.
• Wants to provide services to all campuses that would like it; as oppose to only Angel campuses.
• Defining and clarifying the scope of “online education” within the SLN model.  Does it include web enhanced and blended courses?
• Member campuses have access to different materials (i.e., Eduventure materials, survey results and reports); Possibility of creating a member site outlining the services and information that is available.
• Membership & Marketing - highlighting member campuses within the catalog; bringing other non-SLN participants into the fold.

Review of ANGEL Customizations/Fee Structure

• List of Angel customizations and fees reviewed by the group.
• Some campuses are working directly with Angel to develop customizations, as is SLN.
• Angel contract allows for the sharing of customizations (?).
• Limitations - in ITEC hosted model no campus customizations have carried over.
• Looking forward, will individual Angel instances have to pay for each of these customizations?
• Application workgroup will continue to look into this issue; discuss whether or not these customizations should be developed in-house.

Review and Commentary on Short-Term and Long-Term Proposed Projects

• Getting input on new and existing services from various constituencies.
• Whose role is to suggest these ideas or projects and who decides what is considered?
• Should these be vetted through the Council and/or Workgroup first?
• Workflow for requests would be:
• Request received go through SLN for analysis and potential impact (i.e., resources, support issues, impact on user community); results may be sent to the SLN Advisory Council for review and/or consideration
• Requests will be logged in Confluence.

Possible long-term projects:

• Development of e-portfolio as hosted service
• Development of synchronous learning service as a compliment (Elluminate, etc)
• Development of streaming media hosted service
• Process for sharing of ANGEL enhancements across PIA campuses (request/approval/distribution, etc)
• Development of fully online self-paced faculty development courses
• Development of professional development program for MIDs (continuous learning, peer/peer knowledge sharing)
• Knowledge management/sharing of best practices for XEI/Banner across member campuses

Possible Near-term projects/goals:

• Improved communication/notification systems between SLN, ITEC, SUNYNet and hosted campuses
• Development of use case scenario for Quality Matters rubric and development of associated training/support materials

Other Business

• None.

Craig Lending moved to adjourn the meeting at 3:38 pm; seconded by Carol Berger.  Motion carried.