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> Office of Planning & Analysis
MSU Learning Management Systems Evaluation Committee
- FY08-09 Membership; Updated February 8, 2007
February 2008 Important Upcoming Dates and Evaluation Activities
Minutes
Membership
Highlighted names are e-mail links.
| Name | Position | Represents | Term# | Ends |
Obbink, Kimberly K. | Chair | Extended University | -- | ---- |
Adams, Jeffrey P | Member | Provost's Office | -- | ---- |
Ashley, Bonnie B | Member | Registrar | -- | ---- |
Barber, Michael | Member | MSU-Billings | -- | ---- |
Boyd, John Ritchie | Member | Burns Telecommunication Center | -- | ---- |
Brown, Jeff | Member | MSU-Great Falls COT | -- | ---- |
Carlson, Kevin | Member | MSU-Northern | -- | ---- |
Davis, Scott E | Member | Education, Health and Human Development | -- | ---- |
Hansen, Mary A | Member | Library | -- | ---- |
Kern, Deborah L | Member | Nursing | -- | ---- |
Pratt, Michael | Member | ITC/Banner | -- | ---- |
Raymond, Bruce C | Member | Business | -- | ---- |
Shaw, Steven Robert | Member | Engineering | -- | ---- |
Bachmeier, Randy | Ex-Officio | MSU-Northern | -- | ---- |
Pester, Julie | Ex-Officio | BTC/WebCT Administration | -- | ---- |
Schrenk, Ryan | Ex-Officio | MSU-Great Falls COT | -- | ---- |
Veltkamp, Sarah Marie | Ex-Officio | Nursing | -- | ---- |
- Charge
- On September 18, 2006, a recommendation was made to and endorsed by ATAC and the Provost regarding MSU’s Learning Management System (currently WebCT):
Initiate a process, to be completed prior to end of April 2007, to have a group of stakeholders (Faculty, students, registrar, ITC, BTC, representatives from other affected MSU campuses):
- Review current status of LMS use and procedures at MSU
- Review MSU’s options, licensing costs, estimated Total Cost of Ownership for next generation LMS tool:
- Upgrade to WebCT CE6
- Upgrade to WebCT Vista
- Shift to alternate vendor-supplied solution (Desire2Learn, Angel, eCollege, etc.)
- Shift to open source solution (Sakai, Moodle)
- Examine other viable options
- Make recommendation to campus for
- Next generation LMS tool
- Implementation or revision of related business processes and procedures that impact or are impacted by LMS tool.
- Meetings
- Weekly
- Membership
- Membership is comprised of a cross section of MSU faculty, students, and representatives from the registrar, ITC and BTC technical, and support staff.
- Length of Term
- Members are asked to serve until the LMS evaluation and selection process is complete and a recommendation is forwarded to ATAC and the provost.
- Appointed By
- Provost.
- Chair
- Current--Kim Obbink
Title--Director, Extended University
Appointed By--Provost
Length of Term--Until complete.
- Advisory To
- Academic Technology Advisory Committee, Provost
- Reports Due
- As requested
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