Southern PLN-IT Meetings:2009-02-05

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Connection Information:

  • Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009. 9:00 Central Time (10:00 Eastern)
  • Conference call #: 309-747-2560, enter participant code 235023#
  • Centra web URL: http://tinyurl.com/bvcwvf
If you are not already setup to use Centra, go to the web site at least 15 minutes before the event and run the Centra System Check to ensure the client is downloaded. Since we will not be using the Centra audio, you can cancel out once the Browser and Network tests are complete.
When you go to the site to attend our conference, select the Attend link, fill out your e-mail address, select Attend, your Name info, then select Attend again to join the conference.

Agenda Items:

  1. Roll call
  2. Minutes from October 23, 2008, 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)
    1. Presentation of new SRPLN web site (Nina Boston)
  4. Discussion on restructuring of PLN (Nina Boston & Lalit Rainey)
  5. Review Plan of Work, which currently consists of the following items:
    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. Continue development of the Moodle module on Information Security located at http://pdc.extension.org (Jonathan Davis)
    3. Maintain the resource list of social media tools which is available on the eXtension web site at http://collaborate.extension.org/wiki/Web2 (Anne Adrian)
    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 (Fred Piazza)
    5. Engage in discussions on best practices for training (Jim Segers)
    6. 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
  6. Additional Items
  7. Adjourn (Next meeting: April 16, 2009)
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