>From owner-trad-l@listserv.vt.edu Thu Nov 7 15:45:47 1996 Received: from ipe.cc.vt.edu (ipe.cc.vt.edu [128.173.4.8]) by ipe.cc.vt.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA20206; Thu, 7 Nov 1996 15:45:45 -0500 Received: from LISTSERV.VT.EDU by LISTSERV.VT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8b) with spool id 1226558 for TRAD-L@LISTSERV.VT.EDU; Thu, 7 Nov 1996 15:45:45 -0500 Received: from sable.cc.vt.edu (sable.cc.vt.edu [128.173.16.30]) by ipe.cc.vt.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA12778 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 1996 15:45:44 -0500 Received: from [128.173.187.16] (dovegal.biol.vt.edu [128.173.187.16]) by sable.cc.vt.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA26060 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 1996 15:45:42 -0500 X-Sender: happy@mail.vt.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-Id: Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 15:45:42 -0500 Reply-To: Anne McNabb Sender: trad-l Discussion List From: Anne McNabb Subject: Planning for next Tuesday's meeting To: Multiple recipients of list TRAD-L Hi - Here's my try at recording what we decided at this morning's mtg. Send me your feedback if I have it wrong. A. General Meeting Plan: One hour each for the following: (with round robin participation by all members and notes on final consensus) I. definition and clarification of 4-5 major topics we are addressing II. list of data we need to address those topics (we have bits of this, e.g. Cathy Gorees report will fit into this) III. strategies for how we will obtain that data (surveys, interviews, etc. will be in this last section). Here's a fairly simple outline of things we probably need to get written down in the first section: (based on a review of minutes of earlier subcomm mtgs and discussion at this morning's mtg) 1. Listing of types of students we are addressing: (this part should be very brief as we've talked about these before; it includes what Ed originally called "categories and groupings") (a) Traditional undergrads (~ 50% on campus; most others in Bburg) (b) Groups within these undergrad degree-seeking students that may need special consideration in some regard within that large constituency: minority students older students disabled students international students small numbers of temporary distance learners (who have I missed) 2. What are the main educational needs of all students in this group? (a) needs that we in the Univ perceive as critical to disciplinary and general education (b) external pressures and societal forces (including job related demands, demands for more problem-solving skills and critical thinking, specific job skills, etc) (c) needs perceived by students and their parents (d) infrastructure needs to support (a) - (c). WHat are the specific needs of the subgroups listed above that differ from or require special considerations? 3. What are we currently doing to meet the needs defined in 2? (this includes what Ed called Methods and approaches earlier) Should this section be brief broad descriptions that we can use to then define specific data to collect? Is this where we list the things we are doing with technology now? (see some of Ed's questions for the recent St Comm mtg). 4. Where are we going in the future? 5 yrs (U plan); 5-10 yrs. Give me your feed back and we can keep revising this for Tuesday. Anne F. M. Anne McNabb Dept. of Biology Virginia Tech Blacksburg VA 24061-0406 email: happy@vt.edu ph. (540) 231-6118 FAX (540) 231-9307