hi everybody, as the summer races along, I'd like to propose these topics for our Wednesday get-togethers. please let me know what you think: everything is subject to change, of course, based on what you folks would find most useful! Laura Wed. July 14: show-and-tell of best internet resources that people use in their field. please send me LINKS to great resources you use even if you cannot attend and I'll compile them in a list (thanks to Katie for links she sent already!). this is a good way to learn about resources you too might use, and also just to see what kind of websites are being built to serve academic/educational needs in various fields. Wed. July 21: trial-run of our presentation for MERLOT. Karen and I will go over the revamped Online Orientation and the evolving Online Learning Resources website (although we still have not laid down a design, the content for the website keeps growing: http://casweb.ou.edu/olr/). Wed. July 28: visit from Library folks. several folks from Reference Services in the Library will be coming to talk to us about their online resources and student support services. this will be a great chance to meet these nice folks in person and find out about their plans for the future. Wed. Aug. 4: NO MEETING Karen and I will both be at MERLOT this week. Wed. Aug. 11: ideas about making first week of class optimal Wed. Aug. 18: show-and-tell of people's course's before classes begin FALL SEMESTER: after August 18 we will need to poll people and see when we might meet once classes begin, but I'm guessing we will not be meeting that first week of classes, due to the usual frenzy!