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							                                       SIEC/ISBE
                              Pedagogical Committee Meeting
                                  Sunday, July 25, 2004

Present: Hans-Peter Schoch (Switzerland), Lila Waldman (USA), Helmut Hamminger
(Austria), Leif Haar (Denmark), Chris Chapman (England), Solveig Hautamaki (Finland),
Marianne Holmberg (Finland), Anna Lasut (representing Poland), Eileen Broughton
(Scotland), Sok Hwan Cho (South Korea), Cecilia Boij (Sweden)

Welcome and Apologies

Hans-Peter called the meeting to order at 3:43 p.m. The meeting ended at 5:30 p.m. Hans-
Peter passed around list of contact information for committee members and asked members to
give any changes to him. The committee members introduced themselves.

Additions to and Approval of Agenda

The agenda was shared. Additions to the agenda will be included with Other Business.

Election of Pedagogical Committee Office Bearers

Leif Haar was elected to serve as Vice Chair; Lila Waldman was elected to serve as Secretary.

Minutes of Previous Meeting

The minutes of the August 1, 2003, meeting were accepted. Hans-Peter expressed thanks to
Heidi Perreault, outgoing secretary.

Sessions for Krakow 2004

Program. An additional presentation, “Learning and Teaching Through Projects,” by Gabi
Galster, Germany, has been added on Thursday from 9-10. Anna will add it to the program
and it will be announced on Monday.

A list of all presentations, seminars, workshops is posted. People will be asked to sign up in
advance. This will be announced Monday. Leif indicated that some people presenting are not
listed as attendees. Hans-Peter stated that in the past this was not controlled. This must
change; presenters should attend the entire conference.

Marcella Scheer was not able to attend. Cecilia gave names of those who will replace her in
S2. Two names were deleted from W4; Eileen volunteered to present with Cecilia. S1 title
needs to be changed to “Implementation of an Intelligent Authoring Tutorial System for
Business Education on the Web Site.” W3 is missing some words in its title, it should read
“Training Management and the Sustainability of Privately Financed Training in the
Phare/Tacis Countries.”

Evaluation. Each member of PedComm should ensure that someone from his/her chapter will
check every session. At the second meeting there will be short reports by Ped Comm
members on the presentations.



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Summaries. A written evaluation is needed for each workshop and seminar; committee
member is responsible. The summary for workshops should include the results of discussion.
No summaries are needed for presentations. Eileen suggested a limit on the length of the
summaries. Suggested was: ½ page (300 max, 12 point) for seminars and one page for
workshops (500 words max, 12 point).

PedCom Timetable

Hans-Peter distributed the timetable for 2004/2005. He stated that workshop and seminar
summaries be sent to Helene Zimmerman and him. Leif suggested that they only be sent to
Hans-Peter to cause less confusion. The Review deadline is September 1. This will be
discussed on Friday.

The call for presentations for Boston is in the conference materials. The original title “New
England Leadership in Teaching, Techology and Trade” has been shortened to “Leadership in
Teaching, Technology and Trade” since the geographic region is too restrictive. Chris
questioned whether a comma was needed. Eileen suggested adding “in the fields of”; the title
will be changed to “Leadership in the Fields of Teaching, Technology and Trade. There was
discussion about the implication of the term “leadership.”

Lila suggested that we ask speakers to give expertise or experiences as related to the topic on
the form. Hans-Peter has a new form that will include some background information.

The Call for Presentations was distributed. It is already on website. HP will give corrections
to Helene Zimmerman and the webmaster before September 1. The same form will be used
for presentations, workshops, and seminars. The committee will determine which type of
presentation it will be. Seminars and workshops outlines are due Dec. 20, 2004, since they
need to be placed on the website. If necessary, a call for presentations will be in January.

We need to place program as soon as possible on website for good marketing for conference.
Corrections need to be made to the webpage as soon as they are made. Committee members
should watch the website and send a note to HP if a change is needed. The Review is for
members; therefore, website is very important. It should be professional and not confusing.

Deadline for outlines of presentations will be Feb. 7, 2005. Some servers cut attachments; if
you do not receive them or they are incomplete, contact Hans-Peter. Feb. 25--feedback to Ped
members. March 1--full program to Boston. April 05--topic for Faroe Islands so it will be
available before Boston conference. June--agenda for 2005 Ped Comm meeting.

HP has received two proposals--Austria and US. Solveig presented one from Finland.
Cecelia asked when we will need proposals during this week. HP suggested as early as
possible. HP has developed a form for this. Committee members should prepare them prior
to Friday’s meeting. Definition of workshop and seminars was clarified. HP questioned
whether the workshop time should be increased. Eileen suggested that 90 minutes is
sufficient; discussion could be continued after the session. Cecelia stated speakers could
determine if another workshop will be needed in the future. If any changes are needed,
committee could do so in future. Chris suggested that the speaker could make a case for
longer time periods. The Ped Comm member is advocate and should lobby for more time if
presenter needs it.



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Roundtable sessions at this conference are arranged by conference organizers and was
discussed in Network committee.

Solveig questioned whether all sessions need to follow leadership theme for the Boston 2005
conference. Workshops and seminars must follow the theme. Presentations do not need to
follow the topic. Cecelia questioned facilities for this conference.

Other Business

Minutes of this meeting will be available by Friday. Leif questioned why some committee
members did not attend. HP was not notified by those who are not here. German member
will arrive later in week.

Anna announced that presenters will be able to check equipment after this meeting or during
breaks on days of sessions. HP thanked Anna. LW expressed appreciation for allowing
speakers to send presentations and handouts in advance.

Eileen thanked HP for his service.

The meeting was adjourned.

Submitted by

Lila Waldman
Secretary




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