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=Welcome to Your MALT Community Design Project Wiki=


 * Original Concept:**

>>> Did anyone else out there find out about MALT from Google ads that show up when you’re reading your gmail?? That was me! I had already started to look at grad programs and then MALT literally popped up. So I checked it out. It sounded awesome.
 * A platform (website/maybe an app) for:**
 * **Recruitment**: We could share information about MALT for potential candidates to learn more (but not everything) about the program. Perhaps testimonials from former students. (For example: I would have liked to have known more about career paths people had before and after the program.)
 * Supporting statements:
 * Remember when you were starting to think about graduate schools? How did you find out about MALT? How did you know this would be the program for you?
 * I checked out the YouTube Video @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwDB1eHoKWo and learned that in 2007 this program won the Platinum award for Best Practices for Online Distance Learning Programming United States Distance Learning Association (www.usdla.org). The other elements of the video intrigued me. Just from this short video, I learned that this program was unique. However, I wanted to know more! I met with an admissions counselor online, but still didn’t have a full concept of the program.
 * I have friended some of these former MALT and OMET people on Facebook and have a met a few in person, but my network stops there. I think we can all agree that we have connected well with each other within the cadre—but let’s move out to all the other students out there who have had similar experiences to us.


 * **Graduate Students**: Could keep in touch with other MALT graduates and/or Ph.D graduates.
 * Supporting Statements:
 * I think this could be really helpful with the design project. You figured out your idea—now what? How did you get your idea off the ground? I’m sure Paul will be helping us out with this but hearing it first hand would be helpful too.
 * Face to Face or online reunions/meet and greets/networking events/maybe even a workshop led by those who have something cool to share. (This could tie into the idea that I think Bill mentioned about getting alumni to Cadre Camp for a Lego challenge.)
 * Google Map integration showing locations of all MALT students (past/present)
 * Will learn where everyone - beginning with MALT Cadre 1 and expanding each year - is located
 * May facilitate possible connections with others and local get-togethers.
 * Former MALT students could share their tips and suggestions for students just starting the program. Somewhere in the forums we had a discussion going about possibly making a wiki-type page to share what we’ve learned about the program to share with students just beginning the program. (Kind of like a survival guide.)
 * (Danna) I have a vision of a map showing MALT alums around of the world. thumbnail photos, perhaps, linked to a profile?
 * Also a list by interests or position - find the alum with a similar interest/AR
 * (Danna) It also might be interesting to create a section where MALTer's could discuss things they learned doing their action research that did not go into their actual projects because it didn't fit into the topic or something. The UNOFFICIAL process, perhaps.... Are there other ideas for conversational fodder we can start collecting now? I think it would help to have some topics to facilitate sharing, as Andrea was saying last night - sometimes it's hard to contribute if you have start cold.
 * (Mie) Career consultation. MALT students connects to MALT alum to exchange up-to-date information about current jobs (types of jobs, works, and new ventures), tips of how MALT students can go out to a real world after graduation.
 * (Mie) Featuring MALT alum. MALT community publish a newsletter on its website. The newsletter contains "What's up now!" type of current hot news, featuring one MALT alum weekly by posting his/her blog message talking about his/her experience at MALT and his/her life after MALT. MALT community newsletter features different MALT alum to introduce them one by one weekly. Blog message contains his/her face photo, his/her bio (if they want to publicize it), and a message. Site viewers don't know who will be the next alum to be featured, so it might be interesting for them.


 * **Current Students**: Current MALTers (and OMETers) can connect.
 * Supporting Statements:
 * This could be a place to share ideas (such as using a technology for teaching or even job networking).
 * Have a place for new students (before cadre camp) to connect. We did send out welcome emails and a picture but this was only a few days before and not everyone had a chance to respond.
 * Google Map integration showing locations of all MALT students (past/present)
 * Will learn where everyone - beginning with MALT Cadre 1 and expanding each year - is located
 * May facilitate possible connections with others and local get-togethers.


 * Ideas for consideration:**
 * Keep some information just for graduates and current students of the program.
 * As a prospective student I think it would have “ruined” it for me if I knew too much about the program going into it.
 * So as not to intrude on "the process", perhaps current students can only view certain blogs and/or web features (such as seeing the google map and possibly a blog such as Kevin had suggested - a "What I learned" blog? Idea is for students to connect with other MALTers, specifically so they can see what graduates have been accomplishing and thus providing encouragement throughout their graduate year. Once they graduate, this "unlocks" additional blogs/site features (still undertermined)? Collaborative, fun projects (research-related?) they are working on, etc ....

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 * Additional Suggestions:**
 * (Danna) Maybe a pep talk for the new recruits? Could we schedule them at certain weeks in the program?
 * (Lusik) One thing that would helpful to me is book reviews and summaries. We have an extensive reading to do and even though they all are very interesting books, still there is not enough time to read them all thoroughly. Book reviews and comments on the reading will help future MALTERs and also help the Professors of the program to know what the students think about the reading, so based on that they can modify and revise the reading selection if there is a need
 * (Matt L) A video blogging forum in which we present and share ideas....similar to TED Talks and/or Carnegie Mellon Universities "Last Lecture" (which may be named something different nowadays).
 * Good inspiration....**Randy Pausch Last Lecture**: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo