Instruction Committee Meeting Minutes: January 8, 2018

Date: 1/8/2018, 1:00-2:00pm
Location: Skype, virtual

Members attending: Matt Olsen (Millikin), Marielle McNeal (North Park), Mackenzie Salisbury (SAIC), Christina Heady (SIU), Molly Mansfield (Dominican), Larissa Garcia (Northern), April Purcell Levy (Columbia)
Members absent: Amy Hall (National-Lewis), Colleen Bannon (Midwestern)
Staff attending: Lorna Engels, Debbie Campbell

Announcements: None

Discussions:

• Showcase questions and format
  • Including faculty members in Showcase
  • Panel of faculty, varied disciplines
  • Guest faculty will be provided lunch
  • Last session discussions around certain topics possible
• OER/Open Textbook webinar, Jan. 17th, 2018
  • Joint program, with Louisiana Consortia, for OER week in March 6th  ( webinar )
  • Faculty from different types of institutions
  • Faculty who have implemented + Librarians
  • Future topic for this committee!
• Marielle webinar!
  • Train the trainer, ideas and tips to help faculty teach information literacy
  • Webinar title: “Train the trainer, ideas and tips to help faculty teach information literacy”
  • Other ideas and tips from librarians, in person, creating websites, examples of good assignments
• "Leading Online Sessions" webinar debrief
  • Gave good examples of a good webinar
  • Presentation was reflective of practices
  • Polished
  • Platform agnostic
  • Lots of participation, 20ish?
  • Time sensitive, more time for questions :)
  • Recording posted!

Decisions:

• Showcase, Dominican University, May 31st!
• Marielle’s Webinar title: “Train the trainer, ideas and tips to help faculty teach information literacy” (working title)
  • March 19th, Afternoon, tentative yes

Tasks assigned:

• Molly to let us know that the space is available and confirmed for showcase on 5/31
• Committee members to reach out to their faculty members about panel for showcase
• Marielle to start draft language of description of her webinar
• Mackenzie will start a document for interview questions

Deadlines:

• Tasks above to be started by next meeting