Date: March 26, 2009                                         

  Time: 10:30 p.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Location: Michigan State University,East Lansing MI

Participants:

• Michigan State University (MSU): Mark,  Jon, Daina, Claudia
• Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW): Cindee, Taryn, Kysha
• LCC: Louise
• SAMPI: Mark Jeness
• Guest: Jim Fairweather

Agenda:

1) Minutes review

2) Industry Report

• Draft ready to review

3) Jim Fairweather: Change management

• What kinds of efforts will get people to participate and keep them participating 
• Make it clear in the proposal that sustainability issues in terms of teaching remain in place.
• The changes will be structured within the existing curriculum.
• Talk to the faculty, and chairs (Mark, Daina and Neeraj will arrange meetings with CHE and CE chairs)

3) Proposal

• Letters of support from AB and college of ENG and MSU directives are important.
• Intro  with summary from previous proposal
• Draft outlining the intent of new proposal
• What value have they got from their participation in  this process
• Ideas: Do a letter and pass it around for signatures
• Have the AB members review the industry report draft.

Proposal framework:

• Outcomes are very important:

- Effect on students
- Effect on Curriculum

- Effect on teachers

• What is the evidence for it; We think it will be sustainable because..... 
• We need to include comparison studies pre- and post- intervention. Look at current seniors and juniors to establish baseline data. then look after intervention The best place to analyze is capstone courses (2010).
• The analysis would be a qualitative analysis of the capstone course (nature of the project) How does computation integrates (Interviews and surveys)
• Neeraj and Daina will look at their respective disciplines.
• Idea: Engage the AB in creating the rubric several l people involved in the review (industry and academics).