UW SEEKS ONE COURSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A UW task force to initiate
an investigation of course management systems (CMS) was named in spring of 2002. The
plan is to decide on one course management system. Four CMS products are being
considered: WebCT, Blackboard, Granada, and Desire2Learn. Demonstrations of the
products are being conducted over the Webconferencing system, Placeware. The
demonstration sessions and extensive evaluations are being implemented during the
months of January and February, 2003.

TTT - The January 28, 2003 issue of Teaching with Technology Today (TTT) vol 9,
no 3 at http://www.uwsa.edu/tt includes:

* Reading Images on the World Wide Web by Marguerite Helmers, UW-Oshkosh
http://www.uwsa.edu/ttt/articles/helmers.htm

* Saving Dollars and Making Sense of Common Systems by Tammy Kempfert,
TTT Editor http://www.uwsa.edu/ttt/articles/common.htm

* eLearning System Demonstration Schedule
http://www.uwsa.edu/ttt/articles/demosched.htm

* Faculty Development at a Distance: The Ways of Knowing and Ways of Practice
Experience by Tammy Kempfert, TTT Editor
http://www.uwsa.edu/ttt/articles/courter.htm

* IT Info submitted by Tammy Kempfert, TTT Editor
http://www.uwsa.edy/ttt/news.htm

* Meet the Experts featuring Alan Aycock, UW-Milwaukee
http://www.uwsa.edu/ttt/meet/aycock.htm

ESEA PLANNING GRANTS FUNDS AVAILABLE - The No Child Left Behind
Act of 2001 reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(ESEA). This process eliminated the Eisenhower Higher Education Professional
Development Program and replaced it with the ESEA Title II Higher Education
Professional Development Program. This change provides new opportunities and new
requirements. The most important change is the requirement that all grant proposals be
submitted by a partnership, consisting of K-12 faculty and higher education faculty from
both the school of education and a department in the school of arts and sciences.

The UW ESEA review committee set aside a portion of the 2002-03 funds to support
the development of these partnerships and the planning necessary to meet this new
requirement. They recommended that a Planning Grant of up to $5000 be provided to
each Wisconsin institution of higher education with a DPI-approved teacher-licensing
program. The purpose of the award is for higher education faculty and K-12 personnel
to explore, plan, and develop professional development programs that will enhance
student learning. The expected outcome from the activities supported by the Planning
Grant is that one or more proposals will be submitted for the 2003 ESEA Higher
Education Professional Development competition. Meetings will be held in March
with July-August proposal writing. Refer questions to: makuratp@uww.edu