Monthly telecons are on second Thursdays at 10 a.m. Eastern.
Antitrust and IP awareness
- This is a TECHNICAL committee. Please familiarize yourself with these antitrust and IP guidelines for IEEE meetings.
- Report the existence of any patent claims that might be essential to implementers of any proposed standards (Potentially Essential Patents):
- Speak up now, or
- Report any essential patents of which you are personally aware to the Chair, or
- Cause a Letter of Assurance to be submitted to the IEEE-SA
Agenda (updated 08 October 2020, 0730 hrs CDT):
- Roll Call of Working Group Members
- Please visit the roll call document and update your attendance.
Old Business
- Repeat Announcements:
- Next meetings—2nd Thursday each month at 10 a.m. eastern (November 12th, December 10th)
- Officer Reports:
- Vice Chair (Eric Domeshek)
- Secretary Report (Elyse Burmester),
- Treasurer Report (Jody Cockroft)
- Collaboration – ICICLE Report (Michael Jay)
- Collaboration – IEEE 9274 Report (Andy Johnson)
New Business:
- Meeting of AIS TAG (Technical Advisory Group)
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- Meetings: Third Thursdays (Oct. 15) 10 a.m. Eastern
- Sign-up link
- Meeting link
- Continuing planning for the development of the AIS Consortium
- Blog: information and surveys
- Member benefits survey (will help us define member benefits and focus our energy on activities that will make a difference to our members)
- The board has been engaging IEEE ISTO to work on incorporation of the AIS Consortium… we expect to be legal entity on 1 December.
- TAG members can weigh in on several open questions by volunteering for committees… contact Bob Sottilare
- Committees:
- Human Capital Committee—corporate training events, podcasts, tutorials—something similar to IEEE Young Professionals
- Strategic Partnerships & Alliances Committee—alliances with conferences, research societies, and other organizations
- Sponsorship Committee—identification of opportunities to earn sponsorship for shared services and benefits for the consortium & its members
- Membership Fees Committee—development of a differentiated rate structure based on organization size and type including individual memberships?
- Member Benefits Committee—identify standard member benefits at various levels of membership
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- Global Outreach
- Discussion on potential venues for outreach; the following conferences were mentioned as venues where Project 2247 members might conduct AIS-specialized sessions
- I/ITSEC is now vI/ITSEC
- Nov. 30th–Dec. 4th, Orlando, FL *Converted to virtual*
- Jeanine DeFalco and Bob Sottilare have a Fundamentals of AISs Tutorial… it will be pre-recorded and they will schedule a Q&A session.
- Fridolin Wild, Christine Perey and Brandt Dargue have a special event on the IEEE Augmented Reality Learning Experience Model (ARLEM)
- Workshop cancelled
- ASU-GSV
- September 29th–October 1st; *Converted to virtual*
- Any recap?
- AERA
- April 9th–12th, 2021; Orlando, FL
- Art Graesser suggested that we look at potential alignment with activities in the National Council on Educational Measures.
- Innovation in Testing 2021
- Dallas, TX
- March 7–10
- FLAIRS-34
- North Miami Beach, FL
- May 16th–19th, 2021
- November 20th paper submission deadline
- HCII
- Will be entirely virtual next year
- If you received a AIS Conference Board invitation, please accept it and begin developing your session in the HCII CMS.
- If you have not received a AIS Conference Board invitation and you want one, please contact Bob Sottilare at: bob.sottilare@ieee.org
- We currently have 8 sessions and have a goal of 15 sessions of 5+ papers each
- If you chair a session, you get a HCII tutorial registration for free… if you chair two sessions, you the tutorial and conference registration free.
- NEW VERSION: 1 page description of Project 2247 activities for members to bring with them to conferences and meetings.
- Jody Cockroft shared a spreadsheet of upcoming 2020 conferences for reference.
- Subgroups
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- Leaders have established meetings. Everyone should have received notifications via email.
- Conceptual Modeling Subgroup Chair—Anne Knowles, Tipping Point Solutions
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- Three steps to be completed simultaneously:
- (1) Inform the LTSC that the WG has approved a recommendation to go to ballot and is seeking the approval from the LTSC
- Completed. Richard has our draft standard document.
- (2) Submit draft to MEC (Mandatory Editorial Coordination)—this process takes 30 days
- Completed.
- Vanessa LaLittle is our Program Manager
- (3) WG should initiate the SA Ballot Invitation process—this takes 30 days
- Please sign up and spread the word.
- MyProject navigation guide available here (see Page 51)
- You have almost until next meeting to join the Ballot Group (Nov. 6th)
- Requires IEEE membership (or a ‘Per Ballot’ fee). Ask your company if they have a reimbursement policy.
- Balloting must begin within six months of invitation. We’re officially on the clock.
- Other working groups we should invite?
- (1) Inform the LTSC that the WG has approved a recommendation to go to ballot and is seeking the approval from the LTSC
- Three steps to be completed simultaneously:
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- Americas Lead for AIS Conceptual Modeling—KP Thai, Age of Learning, Inc.
- Asia-Pacific Lead for Conceptual Modeling—Xiangen Hu, University of Memphis & Central China Normal University
- Europe-Africa Lead for Conceptual Modeling—Micheline Pollock, Ethan & Co.
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- Interoperability Subgroup Chair—Jim Goodell, Quality Information Partners
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- Meetings venue: https://zoom.us/j/242790803
- For recent meeting details, please see this Interoperability Use Case Discussion Abstract document
- Also review this spreadsheet version of same.
- Looking for alignment between this group and Conceptual Modeling group. Will be coordinating among subgroup leaders.
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- Interoperability Subgroup Chair—Jim Goodell, Quality Information Partners
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- Americas Lead for AIS Interoperability—Keith Brawner, US Army Futures Command
- Asia-Pacific Lead for AIS Interoperability—Qiguang Lin
- Europe-Africa Lead for AIS Interoperability—SEEKING VOLUNTEER
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- Recommended Practices for Evaluation Subgroup Chair—Sam Wang, SRI
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- Milestones and schedule:
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- Resumed regular meetings.
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- Milestones and schedule:
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- Recommended Practices for Evaluation Subgroup Chair—Sam Wang, SRI
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- Americas Lead for AIS Evaluation Practices—Louise Yarnall, SRI
- Asia-Pacific Lead for AIS Evaluation Practices—Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo, Ateneo Laboratory for the Learning Sciences (ALLS)
- Europe-Africa Lead for AIS Evaluation Practices—SEEKING VOLUNTEER
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- Ethical Considerations Subgroup Group—Jeanine DeFalco
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- PAR has been approved… we officially have four subgroups
- Regular meetings are scheduled for fourth Thursdays in this time slot (10–11 a.m. Eastern)
- Zoom link
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- Americas Lead for AIS Evaluation Practices—SEEKING VOLUNTEER
- Asia-Pacific Lead for AIS Evaluation Practices—SEEKING VOLUNTEER
- Europe-Africa Lead for AIS Evaluation Practices—SEEKING VOLUNTEER
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