IT Times Summer 2006
Dubbed the "Sakai Edition," this special edition of the IT Times will mark the beginning of our first major phase of communications before Fall 2006. The IT Times is a quarterly newsletter which provides practical and timely information, primarily for UC Davis faculty and staff, about information and educational technology issues facing the campus, current and upcoming IET services, and technology-related campus projects and initiatives.
This special issue will be delivered on campus the first week of June (i.e., before finals week, and before faculty leave for the summer). If you'd like to join the planning team, send a quick email to babette@ucdavis.edu.
Summer 2006 - "The Sakai Edition"
*Planning Session is scheduled for Tuesday (04/25), from 2-3 p.m., in the Redwood Room at Chiles. Below is the preliminary information that needs to be included in this issue.
Goals
- Discuss objectives
- Brainstorm story and content ideas
- Identify resources for stories.
- Review timeline and distribution plan.
Background
What is Sakai?
Why switch?
Who's involved?
What can I DO with Sakai?
- Organize clubs, organizations, groups
- Bring together researchers in a collaborative environment
- Form social networks
- Host study groups or off-campus office ours.
- Collaborate on creative projects
- Plan events
- Host a personal Web site
- Sharing files with friends and family
What are we doing to prepare? What can I do to prepare?
The Least You Need to Know
The Faculty Pilot
Spotlight excited/ambitious/succesful pilot participants to highlight faculty experience
- Podcasts
- Faculty profiles conducted by ET Partners
- Pedagogic approaches to Sakai
- Concrete examples
- Interviews
A tools comparison chart
Compare Sakai to MyUCDavis
Availability Matrix
Past, Present, Future
Call for participation
Pilot - Summer and Fall Faculty Pilots
Collaborative use of Sakai for Research or Committee groups
FMFP
ET Partners
Questionaire: "Should I switch to Sakai?"
Open House
Training and Support
Upcoming training classes, workshops, etc.
Support structures (IT Express?)
FAQ
Story Ideas
- Feature Story of NO's Sakai Class on Graduate Dissertation
- Feature of FMFP, spotlighting active particiants
- Don, Roger, Kiskis, Holomon, Delano, Meisenheimer, McDonald, Parfit
- Additional contacts: Dorothy Frasier, Virginia Hass, Jan, Ray