Agenda Development Space

Agenda Parking Lot

• Provide better definition of the roles and responsibilities of Accordiacs.  See https://confab.mit.edu/confluence/display/ACCORD/Powers and Responsibilities.
• Provide better definition of the roles and responsibilities of ACCORD.
• Measure and assess the value of educational technology services at MIT
  • define "core" services
  • develop "dashboard" of monthly metrics? see attachment MIT OCW dashboard example
  • develop strategies for more faculty engagement
• Identify and evaluate opportunities for new services
• Check-in on Video project. See https://confab.mit.edu/confluence/display/video/Home.
• Set agenda for June Accordiacs meeting
• Prep/planning for new academic year, e.g., website update/review, brochure reprinting/revision/distribution
• Solaris sunset and other Athena cluster updates planned for this summer
• debAthena (Athena 10) issues and opportunities
• Student printing discussion

April 27, 2009

• ACCORD composition \--\- guiding principles, process for deciding, who will decide, roles and responsibilities \[15 minutes\]

• Inputs on key services from the March 18th Accordiacs meeting \--\- next steps: Identify trends, categorize \[30 minutes\]

• Update from ACCORD Image Tools Group \[10 minutes\]

• Agenda development \[20 minutes\]

Proposed recurring agenda items

• Review metrics / dashboards as they are being developed (maybe start with OCW and IS&T existing?) - monthly
• Review any on-going ed-tech issues that bridge groups (teaching spaces, course management, video, images, academic calendar) - monthly
• Review any faculty-related unresolved service issues we are aware of (maybe same as previous?) - monthly
• Review any new service pilots, roll-outs, updates, or new faculty engagements we are aware of - monthly
• others?