Subject: Re: Some quick questions
Resent-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 12:17:38 -0500
Resent-From: Geoffrey Fox <gcf@npac.syr.edu>
Resent-To: p_gcf@npac.syr.edu
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 11:06:41 +0000
From: "Willie G. Brown, Ph.D." <wbrown@ccaix.jsums.edu>
To: Geoffrey Fox <gcf@npac.syr.edu>

Here are  some thoughts.

Geoffrey Fox wrote:

> I will talk to "FSU-ODDL" and FAMU tomorrow -- here are some questions
> after
> initial perusal of responses -- comments (even if cryptic like my
> questions appreciated)
>
> Below ODDL is FSU Office of Distance and Distributed Learning - the
> "University wide deployment support organization"
> FSU-CSIT is "Computational Science and Information Technology School"
> (where I will work)
>
> Some Questions
> What is process to identify HBCU participants?
>         i.e. other universities
>         JSU FAMU are both first examples and seed points?

I suggest recruiting among already established partnerships and consortia:

PET
ARL, ASC, ERDC -- Central State University, Clark Atlanta University
NAVO -- Alcorn State University, Grambling State University, Morgan State
University, North Carolina A&T University, Southern University, Tennessee
State University

NASA Minority University - Space Interdisciplinary Network (MU-SPIN)
Network Resource and Training Sites (NRTS)
City College of New York (CCNY), Elizabeth City State University, Prairie
View A & M University, Morgan State University, South Carolina State
University, Tennessee State University, University of Texas at El Paso

Army High Performance Computing Research Center
Clark Atlanta University, Howard University, FAMU

>
>
> What is evaluation/assesment mechanism?
>         ODDL?

>
> What is role of MSU?
>
> Need a section on what we have done/are doing and why we are great
>
> Curriculum Scope
>         JSU FAMU ODDL Basic CS
>         MSU Syracuse FSU-CSIT Internetics/Computational Science
>         Is this an area with a lot of existing work we should mention
>                 If so what is it for both curriculum development and
> education research!
>         Curricula seems safest focus as opposed to "NSF EHR" like
> educational
>         research as in schools of education
>         This is potential weak point as organizations like www.cilt.org
> represent
>         Education research community party line
>
> Research areas
>         Interactivity -- ADD
>         Collaboration
>         User Personalization - ADD
>
> Need References especially in
>         Justification area
>         Research (interactivity, user personalization)
>
> Budget:
>         FSU-CSIT $200K
>         FSU-ODDL
>         FAMU
>         JSU -- Depends on the number of other schools and JSU's
> procurement role. Estimate: $50K per participant

>
>         MSU
>         Syracuse $50K
>
> Possible Roles
> JSU: Process for disseminating to other HBCU; training; installation
> support
> FSU CSIT: Technology development, leadership
> MSU (same as JSU?) Technology evaluation
> Syracuse:  Development of Interactive CS courses; evaluation of tools
> FAMU: Development of Interactive CS courses; evaluation of tools
> FSU-ODDL: Testing in established distance classes; assesment(?)
>
> Open Source for What?
>         Proposal developed Curricula
>         Also valuable for new fields like Computational Science
>         Not good for base material as competitively valuable
>         Given unclear we can drop this idea  for proposal