Meeting+Minutes+(2011.10.22)

=2011.10.22 - OiED Post-Conference Meeting (In Person)= Johnson Lounge, CH2MHill Alumni Center, Oregon State University

In Attendance

 * Jim Bailey
 * Don Bickley
 * Jon Dorbolo
 * Julie Fronzuto
 * Kimmy Hescock
 * Jher
 * Cooper Patterson
 * Rebecca Reniger
 * Jonathon Richter


 * If I forgot anyone, please add them or let me (Kimmy) know.

NW Immersive Ed Group Goals

 * 1 Month:**
 * Choose a name [ALL]
 * "Pixel Mountain" website (but under new name - PM is just a placeholder for now) [Jher and Jonathon R.]
 * NGLC Wave III Proposal [Jon D., ?]
 * Attended Regular Meetings [ALL]
 * 2 Months:**
 * Governance Structure [Jonathon R.]
 * 3 Months:**
 * Webinars
 * Come up with a topic and flesh it out [ALL]
 * Format, curriculum, marketing, schedule [Jon D.]
 * Launch! [Jon D.]
 * Boston Proposal [Kimmy]
 * New Member Drive [Jonathon R., Kimmy]
 * 6 Months:**
 * Go to Boston Worldwide Summit [ANY]
 * OiED/NWied call for proposals [Kimmy]
 * Webinar Assessment [Jon D.]
 * 12 Months:**
 * OiED/NWied conference [ALL]

OiED Action Items (for Jonathon R. to send to Aaron)

 * Change from OiED to NWiED
 * Find host for next year’s meeting
 * Jim offered OpenSim hosting for free for NWied members
 * Inventory of resources/skills we have among us
 * Create website (iED has a themed drupal site for us that needs to be hosted somewhere)
 * Group presentation for Boston --> need support $$ for travel, etc.

In-Session Mind-Mapping
During the discussion we used Inspiration software to do a lot of on the spot mind-mapping of our discussions. Here's images of the maps we created:
 * NWiED Initial Notes
 * NWiED Website Mapping
 * Wave III Challenge Grant

Meeting Notes

 * Group Name.** "Pixel Mountain" must be changed. Not enough people are happy with it or think higher ed institutions will take it seriously. Will leave Google doc open for name suggestions for one week then we must commit!


 * OiED Name Change.** We are going to push to change from OiED to the more encompassing NWied. This must be approved by Aaron. Will need to seek out presenters from Washington, Idaho, etc to push the NW aspect of the group.
 * States that could be a part of WiED: Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, California, Hawaii
 * (There were some jokes about becoming WiErD, reminiscent of weird, though I don't recall what the "r" was for. Still, laughs were had.)

Affiliation leaves more flexibility for the group down the road, should these other institutions visions change/not align with ours. What these groups are doing is valuable and we want to be a part of it. However, if a sponsor decides they don't approve of something we choose to do, they can be removed from mention without the content we create being affected or any question of ownership for already created content.
 * Why do we need OiED AND another organization identity? Why not just iED?**

We will use "Pixel Mountain" (this is a placeholder name for now) branding that can then be linked to sponsors such as iED, ARVEL, TAC, etc.


 * History repeats.** We noticed some of our topics at this meeting look uncomfortably familiar to last year. So how do we move forward? We need a common participatory project. We came up with webinars as first step.

Everyone will design and flesh out at least one webinar topic to present. A sponsor (ie: OSU's instance of Adobe Connect) can host these webinars, but they will branded as our "Pixel Mountain" (or whatever) identity.
 * Webinars**!

It's deadline for entries is super close, but Jon Dorbolo is going to work on the pre-proposal for our group to propose a virtual lab kit: an open source prototype instance that people can use to build their own lab from.
 * Next Gen Learning Grant.** @http://nextgenlearning.org/the-grants/wave-iii-challenges


 * Projects.** The need for common participatory projects was acknowledged. Webinars begin to address this. Others that came up include:
 * Anthology
 * Journals and Newsletters
 * Compile list of venues
 * Our own Newsletter
 * Cross-institutional courses
 * The Framework that Jon proposed
 * Needs owner-neutral name
 * Probably needs some refining?

Other things needed to succeed:
 * Shared resources, server space, talent, institutional buy in.
 * Vision statement, mission statement, real purpose.
 * ID organizations, conferences, and likely members.
 * The Philosophy of Bartending (another in-house joke I felt people shouldn't miss out on. Jon D. is all over it).