Southern PLN-IT Meetings:2008-04-16

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Connection Information:

• Thursday, April 16, 2009. 9:00 Central Time (10:00 Eastern)
• Conference call #: 309-747-2560, enter participant code 235023#

Agenda Items:

1. Roll call
2. Minutes from February 5, 2009 meeting posted at http://collaborate.extension.org/wiki/Southern_PLN-IT_Meetings
3. Report from PLC Representatives of last PLC conference call (Nina Boston & Lalit Rainey)
4. Review outstanding items on Plan of Work (see footnote):
   1. Work with committee advisor to identify PLN IT representatives from states which have not been represented recently and to encourage their participation (Nina Boston)
   2. Complete development of the Moodle module on Information Security located at http://pdc.extension.org (Jonathan Davis)
      • Status Update: Material for the module is available at http://www.aces.edu/user/davisj8/public/Information-Security-module.pdf for others to review and offer feedback. The material is being loaded into Moodle and will include several quizzes.
   3. Engage in discussions on best practices for training (Jim Segers)
   4. Continue communicating and promoting eXtension activities to our state constituents (individual efforts)
      • 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
5. Additional Items
   1. Budget outlooks sharing/updates/discussion
   2. New PLC rep to replace Nina
6. Adjourn (Next meeting: July 9, 2009)

NOTE: the following POW items were completed or removed at the Feb. 5, 2009, meeting:

1. COMPLETED: Maintain the resource list of social media tools which is available on the eXtension web site.
2. REMOVED: Explore a common approach for collecting data and incorporating requirements for the Education and Administrative Reporting System (EARS), in coordination with the FCS Committee.