Updates on eleaders

North Ringwood: 

They appear to want to be involved but difficult to pin them down to anything concrete. Looked at their Moodle they have set up for Disability and Aged Care students. Janine appeared keen to try out Elluminate but Chris talked about their students not being computer-savvy enough to use the online classroom. However,  I questioned this if they can use the Moodle they must be pretty computer-literate. I asked how they taught them the Moodle and the answer was by teaching face to face. I explained that this was the way I taught new students how to use the onliune classroom and offered the use of Coonara's room and time to come out and train their students (and tutors) on its use. We discussed various other ways they could be involved in the project and left them to contact me when they had had a chance to get together and work out what they wanted to do.

They suggested that sending out a schedule of online session times might allow them to choose which sessions they wanted to attend - an idea I think we all agree would be a good one. They also complained that sessions were generally held on days that they were not working. I explained that we sent out the Doodle to try and work out the best times for everybody but as most people were only working part time, it didnt matter which day of the week or time of day we tried, it would not suit everyone. They also said they had stopped attending sessions (as well as them not being held on a day when they were working) because each time, new people to the classroom attended and we had to go through the same routine of how to use the classroom. I suggested that now we would be using the tech Support room which would help alleviate that.

All in all, I am moderately (sort of) confident they may want to be involved.

Rowville:

Have contacted Kerry and she explained that Lisa has pretty-much completed setting up her wiki for volunteers - well done! Kerry is still working on hers for Online Orientation but believes this will be a really useful tool. She suggested that another of their students who is setting up her wiki for the TAE might be a good one to showcase for the ementor showcase that the ementor project ripple effect is working. They have recieved help from Karen and Christine along the way so they have been well-resourced even if not by me! I have set a time on Friday 15th June to meet with Lisa to talk about next steps.

OELP:
Contacted Sue and set  a date Thursday 21st June to drop on over and help her to add to her wiki skills. She wants to know how to make a members-only section and multimedia upload, particularly audio. I suggested she come to out statewide session tomorrow but she is unable to come. However, she was excited about having the powerpoint available and access to the recorded session as well as having me come out and help her.

Japara:

 They have set up their committee wiki and now want to start thinking about their tutors and students - excellent! Have set a date on 13th June to go and have a think-tank session with Ros and Jo to explore options for further.

Things to think about out of this:

1. We need to get together and work out a schedule of sessions for the rest of the year (loosely). Perhaps we just need to pick a different day of the week each time as Janine (and Karen) suggest and just hope that the topic will interest people enough that they opt to come in their own time.
2. I need to commit more time to making sure I keep in contact with my eleaders
3. We need to contact other organisations to bring in additional organisations who have not been participants.
4. Should the EMR ementor team meet more regularly online to keep ourselves on track and invigorated and also to plan our online sessions?
5. Should we start an EMR blog community (or someother sort of community even a facebook perhaps? ) and link it to the EMR wiki as a way to push notifications and encourage involvement - eg take a leaf out of other regions' books?
   
6. Brain-dead now so any suggestions/strategies will be welcome!