Instruction Committee – February 21, 2023

Members attending: Alex Deeke, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Guillermo Gasca, Morton College; Heather Koopmans, Illinois State University; Joanna Kolendo, Chicago State University; Abigail Mann, Illinois Wesleyan University; Alex O'Keefe, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Claire Reinert, McKendree University; Rebecca Starkey, University of Chicago

Members absent: Firouzeh Rismiller, DePaul University

Staff attending: Denise Green, Debbie Campbell

Guests: None

CARLI Updates

• Call for committee volunteers will go out soon.  OER committee has several events coming up.  Adding new I-Share libraries.

Decisions

Regarding April chat even with UIUC:

• Unanimously decided to collaborate with UIUC chat event with Dr. Alison Head (see Proposal email PDF), instead of asking her to be a keynote speaker for the Instruction Showcase. Date not confirmed, but sometime in April. (the committees stated ideal dates are 4/12, 4/13, 4/14, 4/26 & 4/27.  Someone will compare dates with Alison).

Regarding the the annual CARLI instruction showcase:

• Decided to revisit the approach to the kitchen asynch category, since we didn’t get many submissions last year (make it clearer that all digital learning objects are welcome)
  • Do more of a lightning talk/poster presentation format, where you present the artifact is demonstrated and discussed live with no “homework” to review ahead of time
  • Everyone presents individually for 5 minutes with a whole group Q&A at the end (Googe doc where people add questions throughout the day/sessions)
• We tentatively decided to have “chat room” breakout rooms available during breaks for people to chat with colleagues

Regarding other events:

• The committee decided to use the “Failures and flops” workshop for a future (possibly May) event, rather than as a part of the Showcase
• The meeting was adjourned at 4:00

Tasks Assigned

•  Draft call for presenters and event description for the Instruction Showcase.
  • Revisit wording of kitchen asynch category (see above)
• Send Doodle poll to figure out new April meeting date.

Meeting Dates and Deadlines:

• Showcase CFP goes out Feb 28th, soft submission deadline set to March 31 (hard deadline April 7)
• Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 on Zoom
• Schedule of Instruction Committee Meetings:
  • March 21
  • April 18
  • May 16
  • June 20