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Date: : : : Monday 15th June 2015 Time: : : : 10.30am – 3pm
Location: Ras al-Khaimah Women's College
PresentPresentPresentPresent: Aamena Al Mansoori; Aishah Alyammahi; Alya Ishaq; Brenda Boyle (via Zoom); Danville
Fourie; Debra Crary; Duncan Murphy (via Zoom); Etchel Barina: Fatma Al Aleeli; Jane Barnwell, Janet
Martin; Louise Sikkens; Peter Waters; Zainab Al Maazmi.
ApologiesApologiesApologiesApologies: Andy Steele; Matthew Pastula; Michelle Housley; Smitha Sumod; Sreeshna Meethal.
ChairChairChairChair: Peter Waters
Minute takerMinute takerMinute takerMinute taker: Peter Waters
1. Welcome and introductions - Peter
Peter welcomed everyone to the meeting and thanked Aamena, Debra and Ras al-Khaimah
Women's College for hosting our final ILC Coordinators meeting of the academic year.
2. Tour of RKWC ILC & Learning Centre – Aamena/Debra
Aamena and Debra led the group on a tour of the facilities, resources and services at RKWC ILC &
Learning Centre.
3. Official ILC Team Photo 2014/15 – All
4. ILC Software Usage Stats Report
Peter reported that our ILC subscription software was heavily utilized this year with both Clarity
Suite and Grammarly usage increasing dramatically on previous years. Our Clarity Suite usage
has nearly quadrupled in the past 2 years, providing over 15,000 hours of online student
instruction. Grammary proved so popular that our entire 3,000 licences were exhausted before
the end of the academic year.
Grammarly software licences used by campus AY 2014/15
Total number of licences used AY 2014/15
15,941
30,052
4,613
15,489
2,006
5,173
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
2013 2015
HCT ILCs Clarity Usage 2013 to 2015
Total no. of online sessions
Total no. of hrs of instruction
Total no. of licences used
Total number of sessions AY 2014/15
Total number of hours AY 2014/15
Average number of sessions per student AY 2014/15
Average number of hours per student AY 2014/15
5. New Foundations Intensive Programme – Implications for ILCs? - Duncan
Duncan presented information on the New Foundations Intensive Programme including a list of
the resources, including the ‘Unlock’ series & ‘Achieve 3000’ to be used next AY.
ACTION – Duncan to send his notes from the Foundations Division meeting in Al Ain.
6. ILC Action Plan AY 2014/15 End of Year Reports – Team Leaders
7. HCT ILC Strategic Plan 2014-17 End of Year Report – Peter
Peter presented the end of year report and the work the team has produced during the year. He
also announced the following new goals of HCT (replacing the 2014-17 goals).
Strategic Goal 1: Prepare for student success to meet the needs of the labor market
Strategic Goal 2: Provide an educational environment of the highest quality
Strategic Goal 3: (PMO) Raise the academic standards to meet international accreditation
benchmarks
Strategic Goal 4: Ensure administrative services to meet criteria for quality, efficiency and
transparency
ACTION – PETER to add “HCT ILC Strategic Plan 2014-17” to next year’s ILC Action Plan.
8. ILC Peer Review Prgm End of Year Report – Matt
Matt was unable to attend the meeting, so his presentation was deferred to next ILC meeting.
ACTION – MATT to present his final report at the next ILC meeting
9. ILC Student Survey and Faculty Testimonials End of Year Report - Danville
Danville presented the end of year report. This included the data bank of over 100 ILC related
survey questions. In total, 8 ILC s administered surveys during AY 2014/15 and 10 ILC faculty
testimonials were published to the HCT ILC Website http://hctilcs.weebly.com/why-we-love-the-
ilc.html.
ACTION PETER to publish the data bank of survey questions to the HCT ILC Website.
10. ILC Welcome Manual End of Year Report – Fatma
Fatma presented the end of year report including a demo of the completed iBook
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0euukzi1w3r8j40/ILC_Welcome_Manual.iba?dl=0
ACTION ALL to review the iBook and provide feedback to Fatma asap for an August/Sept
2015 launch.
11. Foundations English Spelling Bee Project End of Year Report – Peter
Peter presented the work that the team has produced during the year. A grand total of 74 Spelling
Bees were created and published to the HCT ILC Website. A PDF list of all the words has also been
added. Launched in February for the start of Semester 2, the Spelling Bees are now the most
popular pages on the entire site!
16 X Pre-FND Weekly Spelling Bee (A1 words)
12 X FND Level 1 Weekly Spelling Bee (A2 words)
16 X FND Level 2 Weekly Spelling Bee (A2 words)
16 X FND Level 3 Weekly Spelling Bee (B1 words)
14 X FND Level 4 Weekly Spelling Bee (B2 words)
The team will work closely with the Foundations Division and revise the Spelling Bees for the New
Foundations course if necessary.
ACTION - ALL to continue to publicize Spelling Bees to FND faculty on their campus
12. ILC Action Plan 2014/15 End-of-Year Report Digital Media Skills Course – Peter
Peter presented the work that the team has produced during the year, including the skills, tools &
competencies covered in the 9 modules, which make up the Digital Media Skills Course.
Module Skill Tool Competencies Sample artifacts students will produce
1 ePortfolios Weebly
Students will
explore how to
set-up, design
and create an
ePortfolio.
2 Photo &
Imaging Tools Pixlr
Students will
examine online
photo editing
tools and
develop skills in
modifying
photos and
images.
3 Audio Tools Tellagami
Students will
acquire an
understanding
of how to use
free audio
tools to record,
edit clips and
add
background
music to
speech.
4 Video Tools Zimmer
Twins
Students will
explore
animation
software to
create short
dialogues and
enhance their
work with
various tools.
5
Communication
& Presentation
Tools
Wideo
Students will
acquire an
understanding
of the
advantages of
using
communication
& presentation
tools, and learn
how to use
these to create
images and
videos for
colourful and
dynamic
presentations.
6
Social
Bookmarking
and Social
Networking
Students will
explore
software that
allows them to
mix text, audio,
video, images
and graphics to
create digital
posters.
7 Online
Applications 1
Productivity
Suite
Students will
explore
software that
allows them to
create, edit,
share Docs,
Sheets, Slides,
Forms, and
Drawings.
8 Online
Applications 2
Drive
Students will
acquire an
understanding
of how to
backup photos,
videos and files
to the cloud.
9 Presenting
Yourself Online
LinkedIn &
Resume
Builder
Students will
acquire an
understanding
of how to
create and
manage a
professional
profile to
establish an
online
presence.
The aim of the course is to teach HCT students how to create content in a variety of forms, making
use of language, images, sound, and new digital tools and technologies.
Peter demod the new website http://digitalmediaskills.weebly.com/ which will be used to deliver
the course.
The course will be ready to launch in September 2015 and it’s hoped some ILCs/colleges will
volunteer to pilot it and provide feedback to the group. The target audience is Bachelor Year 1
students, voluntary to complete and rewarded with 9 individual module certificates and an end of
course certificate for those who complete the whole course.
ACTION – ALL encouraged to tryout the course. Feedback encouraged.
ACTION – ALL to let Peter know if their ILC/Campus would like to pilot the course.
13. Read Theory Demo - Peter
Peter presented “Read Theory” www.readtheory.org/ which offers 1,000 interactive reading
comprehension exercises for FREE. Features include adaptive learning and point’s incentives.
Great for ILCs!
ACTION – PETER to add “Read Theory” to the HCT ILC Website as recommended software.
ACTION – ALL requested to tryout the website. Feedback to the group encouraged.
14. ILC Peer Reviews of SWC – Louise; FMC, FWC, American University Sharjah – Fatma; ADW
(Khalifa Campus) – Danville; DMC, Zayed University (Dubai) – Janet
ACTION – Louise, Fatma, Danville and Janet to send presentation and final reports to Matt
and Peter.
15. AOB
None
16. Next meeting date and close
TBD