Meeting Overview

The meeting provided opportunities for partners to learn more about the scope of service that SERC can provide in the pedagogic service portal development process. Project partners learned from one another and strengthened collaborative relationships.

During the meeting SERC's initial partners gave demos of their new pedagogic service portals thereby helping more recent partners to envision possible applications. Partners had opportunities to discuss portal development challenges. Partners' technical staff had opportunities to discuss portal integration issues.

Participants:

• Learned how the service is being utilized by digital libraries, centers of teaching and learning, professional development projects and others,
• Discussed mechanisms for collecting example activities from their community,
• Discussed strategies for reviewing activities and pedagogic modules,
• Explored techniques for integrating the service with their technical infrastructure,
• Helped set priorities for new additions to the library of pedagogic modules,
• Identified ways to collaborate in order to enhance our individual and collective efforts.

Workshop activities included large and small group discussions, demonstrations, and opportunities to network with other professions that are interested in both faculty professional development and web development issues.

Dates

The workshop began at 8:30 am on Monday morning, March 19, 2007 and ended at 2:00pm on Tuesday, March 20, 2007.

Participant Expectations

All participants were expected to give a short presentation during the meeting. Presentations included:

• an overview of the institution/digital library that they represent,
• the goals/objectives they have for entering into the pedagogic service project,
• and either a demonstration of their new pedagogic service portal or a vision for how a pedagogic service portal will be integrated into their existing website.

Cost

The operational costs of the meeting, as well as transportation to and from the meeting, room, board, and materials were covered by a grant from the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE-0532768).

Registration

Participation in this meeting was limited to invited participants only.

Facilities

The workshop was held at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. Participants were housed in a hotel and ate meals on campus and in the town.

For More Information

Please contact Cathy Manduca (cmanduca@carleton.edu, 507 222-7096)