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Minutes of Meetings:
 October 18, 2001; Steinmetz 237, 1:30 pm

Present:  Bauman, Boyer, Keller, Klein, Traver

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Review of last meeting's minutes

Note: Last week's minutes were revised Oct. 17.

1. Notebook Policy.  Diane K. will distribute the new policy when ready.

2. Web projects.  Two sites are active: Monkcam and AboutU.
[Note:  Monkcam was live for the period October 20-22; time-lapse video was recorded and will be posted after conversion to a quicktime movie;  AboutU is undergoing final beta testing.  --  revised Oct. 31]

3. Future of IVDS.   The College should explore the feasibility of more IVDS projects, including outside engineering, or between engineering and other discipines. Also, the concept need not apply only in international settings, it could also be domestic, but inter-institutional. Also, the projects need not be stand-alone, they could be simply one part of a more traditional course. In some cases, they could also involve live video conferences if the remote site has equipment compatible withours.  For background, see:
http://engineering.union.edu/me_dept/termsabroad/int_design.html
And our Keck grant to support IVDS projects is at:
http://www.union.edu/PUBLIC/ECODEPT/kleind/UNION/acad/keck.html

Discussion suggested that we might contact students interested in international issues, including:

  • International House - in Fox
  • Language theme houses on Seward Place
  • Thurston house (East Asian house)
  • IntCAs (International Cultural Assistants), who are helping coordinate integrating term abroad experiences more into life on campus
  • Mark Knowles, director of the Language Lab  (Mark is working on an online newspaper for students interested in languages and international cultures.

The meeting adjourned at 2:30

Next meeting: October 25, 2001, 1:30, Steinmetz 237
Note; the October 25th meeting was cancelled; next meeting
November 1.

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