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Date |
Activity |
Status |
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January 2001 |
First annual User Conference at MSU |
30 participants from 15 institutions |
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Spring 2001 |
MSU L-C platform test |
completed |
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Spring 2001 |
Informational meeting for LOL and CAPA users |
completed |
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Spring 2001 |
MSU faculty training workshops |
No activity |
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Spring 2001 |
Increase advisory board membership |
Dell Computer and APEX Learning invited |
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Spring 2001 |
Conduct targeted interviews to gain more functionality, royalty payment mechanisms, etc. |
completed |
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March 2001 |
Frontiers in Science presentation to HS teachers |
5 teachers recruited for RET |
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April 2001 |
Program coordinator hired |
Helen Keefe hired to manage and coordinate ITR project. |
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April 2001 |
GUTS workshop |
10 participants from 7 institutions |
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May 2001 |
First Evaluation Board meeting |
Postponed due to flight cancellation and pending airline strike. |
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Spring 2001 |
Develop questionnaire to assess student and instructor attitudes |
? |
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Spring/summer 2001 |
Release of platform software under GNU license. |
? |
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June 2001 |
SFU installation and visit |
Guy and Scott/Vancouver |
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June 2001 |
L-C presentation at Transylvania U |
Gerd gives invited talk in Lexington, KY |
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July 2001 |
PI attends preliminary NSDL meetings |
Gerd makes contacts in preparation of writing NSDL proposal |
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July 2001 |
Zimbabwe installation |
Scott Harrison installs at U of Zimbabwe during visit to Kenya. |
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July 2001 |
PIs present at Syllabus Conference LON-CAPA: Creating a Sustainable Educational Community |
Attended by Gerd, Cheri, & Jeremy |
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July/August 2001 |
RET teacher training workshop held |
Attended by Kirsten Atlee, Paul Ciske, Kathryn Ebrahimi, Marlo Wiltse. Tara Erickson dropped out. |
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July 2001 |
Content and Problem File conversion to LON-CAPA |
Felicia trains and supervises 3 students. Date completed & # of files |
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Aug 2001 |
Student survey written & approved by UCRIHS |
Survey to collect student data on computer attitudes, learning styles, & demographics. Online implementation not yet done. |
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Aug 2001 |
Server installations at 4 high schools & 2 community colleges |
Installations done at Fowlerville, Charlotte, Mio, Wyandotte high schools by Scott, Guy, Felicia, Gerd, & Helen. Remote installation done at TMCC & ?? |
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Fall, 2001 |
On-site advisory board meeting at Brook Lodge |
No activity |
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Fall 2001 |
L-C beta test at several institutions |
In process |
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Fall 2001 |
Release of production version 1.0 |
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Fall 2001 |
Start-up packages (servers and network upgrades) offered to participating organizations |
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Fall 2001 |
10 participating institutions |
MSU, FSU, SFU, Ohio U at Athens |
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Fall 2001 |
Training workshops and on-site visits |
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September 2001 |
PI to attend NSDL PI meeting |
Postponed due to airport closings |
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September 2001 |
Request for Math integration into L-C per P.K. Wong |
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Sep/Oct 2001 |
Develop manual for L-C users |
Felicia meeting with John |
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Sep/Oct 2001 |
Evaluation Board individual visits |
Thomas Russell/ Sep 26-27; Burkes Oakley/Oct18-19; Thomas Ward/cancelled; Charles Dzubian/Spring? |
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October 2001 |
PIs attend FIE conference |
Attended by Gerd, Ed, and Guy. Gerd presents poster? |
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October 2001 |
PI invited to give talk in Belgium |
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October 2001 |
PI visits Germany for symbolic math collaboration |
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Fall 2001 |
Develop market survey to identify potential user needs |
Cheri and Debbie creating survey |
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Fall 2001 |
Analysis of initial pilot project data |
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Fall 2001 |
Survey large # of stakeholders to address expectations |
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Fall 2001 |
Beta test L-C with advisory board |
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Fall 2001 |
Evaluation of contributed materials & analysis of effectiveness data |
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Fall 2001 |
Visit with NSDL Core Integration Team |
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Fall 2001 |
White paper for NSDL integration effort written |
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November 2001 |
RET teachers meet at MSU for update & discussion |
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November 2001 |
GPL officially signed by MSU administration |
Nov. 29th, 2001 L-C is officially open source Scott Curtis becomes 1st freeware programmer on L-C. |
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December 2001 |
Gerd attends NSDL meeting in DC |
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December 2001 |
High School science teachers meet at MSU for 2002 RET recruitment. |
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December 2001 |
Author training workshop for HHMI |
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January 2002 |
ITR second annual conference at FSU RET teachers panel discussion NSDL white paper presented |
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January 2002 |
Install bi-directional NSDL server |
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Winter/Spring 2002 |
Visits, training & coding for NSDL project |
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Winter/Spring 2002 |
PIs attend small business startup workshops |
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Spring 2002 |
Test & evaluate usability & transparency of NSDL gateway |
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Spring/summer 2002 |
30 participating institutions & publishers |
|
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March 2002 |
RET teachers present at MSTA conference in Detroit |
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Spring 2002 |
10 associated developers under GNU license |
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July 2002 |
RET annual teacher workshop |
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Fall 2002 |
Tentative business plan endorsed by Business Advisory Committee |
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Fall 2002 |
User Conference with participation of 30 institutions and companies |
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Spring 2003 |
Release of Version 2.0 including royalty and intellectual property rights mechanisms |
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Spring 2004 |
User Conference with participation of 50 institutions and companies |
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Fall 2004 |
First publication of educational research out of L-C |
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Year 3 & 4 |
Evaluation of contributed materials & analysis of effectiveness data Analysis of data concerning effectiveness of different media types. Analysis of gender differences in media type effectiveness. Analysis of differences in effectiveness for students with disabilities. |
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Year 3 & 4 |
Initiate formal planning process for transitioning L-C to a not-for-profit business. |
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Year 3 & 4 |
User conferences & workshops |
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Year 3 & 4 |
Implementation of business plan for not-for-profit |
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Year 3 & 4 |
MSU based not-for-profit, lon-capa.org is founded |
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Year 4 |
Lon-capa.org will hold master copy of software, incorporate changes and improvements, and distribute new releases. |
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Summer 2005 |
Start-up of non-profit lon-capa.org |
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