December 21, 2016 Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, December 21 at 9:00am CT
Host Location: Varner Hall Lower Level Videoconferencing Room, 3835 Holdrege Street, Lincoln, NE and Videoconferencing Locations: A) ESU 13, Video Room, 4215 Avenue I, Scottsbluff, NE 69361; B) Northeast Community College, Maclay Bldg 167A, 801 E. Benjamin Ave., Norfolk, NE 68701; C) Schuyler Community Schools, 401 Adam St., Schuyler, NE 68661

Open Meetings Act (PDF - 7 pgs, 81kb)

Meeting Documents(PDF, 44pgs, 4.55MB)


9:00am	1. Call to Order, Electronic Posting, Location of Open Meeting Law Documents, Roll Call, Introductions	Co-Chair
9:05am	2. Consider approval of the Agenda for the December 21, 2016 meeting*	Co-Chair
9:08am	3. Consider approval of the Minutes from the 10/19/2016 meeting*	Co-Chair
9:10am	4. Public Comment	Co-Chair
9:15am	5. Presentation: Accessibility for Digital Learners A. Slide Presentation B. Handout: DCMP Captioning Key C. Handout: WebAim Checklist	Dr. Christy Horn
10:15am	6. Network Nebraska Initiative Update A. Action Items and Task Groups 1.1 Develop strategy to accommodate community affiliate connections 1.2 Use automated tools to monitor the network 1.3 Implement incident management and change control 1.4 NNAG, CAP guide OCIO's network decisionmaking (Draft Backbone Document) 1.5 Review and update security services and practices 2.1 Develop and implement a communications strategy 2.2 Conduct annual survey of NN Participants	Co-Chairs & Council members
10:50am	7. Digital Education Initiative Update A. Action Items and Task Groups 1.1 Partner with K-20 entities to establish communities of practice 2.1 Conduct a collaborative research project of infratructure and pedagogy 2.2 Identify opportunities for institutional collaboration 2.3 Identify and mitigate challenges for student transitions 2.4 Create guide of flexible learning technologies 2.5 Encourage vendors to implement data exchange standards 3.1 Form a joint study group to advance students' equity of access 3.2 EC/CC collaboration for affordable and accessible Internet access (Briefing Document) 3.3 Promote accessible products and services to achieve equity of access	Co-Chairs & Council members
11:20 am	8. Other Business	Co-Chair
11:25 am	9. Agenda Items for the 2/15/2017 Meeting	Co-Chair
11:28 am	10. Consider location(s) for the 2/15/2017 Meeting	Co-Chair
11:30 am	11. Adjournment	Co-Chair

* Indicates an expected action item.

The Council will attempt to adhere to the sequence of the published agenda, but reserves the right to adjust the order of items if necessary and may elect to take action on any of the items listed.

The NITC Education Council wishes to thank staff of the University of Nebraska Online Worldwide and UN-I.T. Enterprise for helping to arrange the December 21, 2016 meeting.

NITC/Education Council Homepage
Meeting Notice Posted to the Nebraska Public Meeting Calendar 10/21/2016
Agenda Posted to the NITC Web site 10/21/2016

December 21, 2016 Meeting Agenda

9:00am

1. Call to Order, Electronic Posting, Location of Open Meeting Law Documents, Roll Call, Introductions

Co-Chair

9:05am

2. Consider approval of the Agenda for the December 21, 2016 meeting*

Co-Chair

9:08am

3. Consider approval of the Minutes from the 10/19/2016 meeting*

Co-Chair

9:10am

4. Public Comment

Co-Chair

9:15am

5. Presentation: Accessibility for Digital Learners

A. Slide Presentation

B. Handout: DCMP Captioning Key

C. Handout: WebAim Checklist

Dr. Christy Horn

10:15am

6. Network Nebraska Initiative Update

A. Action Items and Task Groups

1.1 Develop strategy to accommodate community affiliate connections

1.2 Use automated tools to monitor the network

1.3 Implement incident management and change control

1.4 NNAG, CAP guide OCIO's network decisionmaking (Draft Backbone Document)

1.5 Review and update security services and practices

2.1 Develop and implement a communications strategy

2.2 Conduct annual survey of NN Participants

Co-Chairs & Council members

10:50am

7. Digital Education Initiative Update

A. Action Items and Task Groups

1.1 Partner with K-20 entities to establish communities of practice

2.1 Conduct a collaborative research project of infratructure and pedagogy

2.2 Identify opportunities for institutional collaboration

2.3 Identify and mitigate challenges for student transitions

2.4 Create guide of flexible learning technologies

2.5 Encourage vendors to implement data exchange standards

3.1 Form a joint study group to advance students' equity of access

3.2 EC/CC collaboration for affordable and accessible Internet access (Briefing Document)

3.3 Promote accessible products and services to achieve equity of access

Co-Chairs & Council members

11:20 am

8. Other Business

Co-Chair

11:25 am

9. Agenda Items for the 2/15/2017 Meeting

Co-Chair

11:28 am

10. Consider location(s) for the 2/15/2017 Meeting

Co-Chair

11:30 am

11. Adjournment

Co-Chair