Southern PLN-IT 2009 Plan of Work

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2008/2009 Plan of Work

Items to accomplish (draft wording):

1. Work with committee advisor to identify PLN IT representatives from states which have not been represented recently and to encourage their participation

Responsible members: All IT Committee members

Key contact: Nina Boston

Goal date: July 2009

2. Continue development of the Moodle module on Information Security located at http://pdc.extension.org

Responsible members: All IT Committee members

Key contact: Jonathan Davis

Goal date: July 2009

3. Maintain the resource list of social networking tools which is available on the eXtension web site at http://collaborate.extension.org/wiki/Web2

Responsible members: All IT Committee members

Key contact: Anne Adrian

Goal date: July 2009

4. Explore a common approach for collecting data and incorporating requirements for the Education and Administrative Reporting System (EARS), in coordination with the FCS Committee

Responsible members: All IT Committee members

Key contact: Fred Piazza

Goal date: July 2009.

5. Engage in discussions on best practices for training

Responsible members: All IT Committee members

Key contact: Jim Segers

Goal: July 2009

6. Continue communicating and promoting eXtension activities to our state constituents

• Develop Institutional Teams or promote Institutional Team involvement
• Clearly define IT's role within the Institutional Team
• Clarifying that eXtension's mission is content creation and delivery, rather than an IT initiative.
• Implement Ask an Expert widget in appropriate web community sites (county or content teams)
• Encourage use of FAQ database

Responsible members: All IT Committee members

Key contact: (individual efforts)

Goal: July 2009