IEEE EAB Sections Outreach Committee (SEOC)

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IEEE EAB Sections Outreach Committee(SEOC)
Summary of 12 May discussions Gozde B Akar
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Assignments to SEOC

• Primary
• Launch a Member Version of Expert Now IEEE
• Assist EAB in identifying member interest in TISP
• Monitor the post-REPCOM implementation of
  admissions
• Disseminate information on tryengineering.org to
  IEEE sections
• Assist EAB in identifying needs and opportunities
  in non-US accreditation and model curriculum
  development
• Assist EAB in identifying member interest in
  continuing education in Standards
• Secondary
• Convene Education Chairs of Regions to
  disseminate content
• Launch the on-line one- stop shop for all IEEE
  educational offerings
• Educational partners program

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Expert Now and the Section use content
generation

• Promote Member Version of Expert Now
• Get the word out to the Members /Sections
• Promote through Newsletter, Websites, e-mails
• Sent out info to sections and give Sections
  opportunity to send information out to members
• Separate mail regarding Expert Now benefits for
  IEEE Members (Societies, Regions Education
  Chairs Chapter Chairs)
• How can sections use these modules promote?
• Industrial Relations committee available in Reg 8
  possible lead to get Industrial Sales lead - Sept
  meeting in Paris, and October is Region 8 meeting
  Chapter Chairs Meeting
• How can sections generate the content price??

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ACTION ITEMS

• Send a letter to Reg, Section Chapter Ed Chairs
  with directions to disseminate information to all
  members include information about free trial
  offer (see TAB 8 in binder bullet 1)
• Region 8 meeting presentations to Industrial
  Committee Chapter Chairs
• Develop guidelines for Section use of Expert Now
  before September launch (using Singapore Pilot as
  the model) with different pricing for Members/Non
  Members
• Create proposal that RAB EAB share the costs
  with Geographical Units (Section, Regions
  Chapters) for Content module development, each
  area would contribute 1/3 of the cost. Goal is 5
  or 6 modules for 2007

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Educational partners program

• A good member benefit
• IEEE wants to grow the number of partners more
  programs outside US (USD 500 application fee)
• 20 schools now
• They give 10 discount, IEEE takes 5
  registration fee

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ACTION ITEMS

• Contact everybody in SEOC abt the program and ask
  for possible partners

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Monitor the post-REPCOM implementation of
admissions

• REPCOM was dissolved
• Follow the consequences
• Quality of membership
• Efficiency of new admission process

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ACTION ITEMS

• Form a joint subcommittee of EAB and AA
• Develo with AA a mecahnism to sample and check
  how the membership is effected by the
  dissolvement of REPCOM, monitor the quality
  (define quality) of incoming members of IEEE

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Assist EAB in identifying member interest in TISP

• How the educations are given
• Volunteers are needed

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ACTION ITEMS

• Communicate to Educational Chairs in the Regions
  and ask them to have members attend the TISP
  meeting who intend to go to the schools

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Disseminate information on tryengineering.org to
IEEE sections

• Action item Develop a promotion plan

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Assist EAB in identifying needs and opportunities
in non-US accreditation and model curriculum
development

• Local IEEE volunteers to be active in local
  accreditation bodies
• To develop a model curriculum with contributions
  from all Regions
• R8-gt european electrical engineering education
  organization can be contacted
• Gender issues in model curriculum
• Global acc. posisition

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ACTION ITEMS

• Staff will circulate the job description of
  Global Accreditation position to SEOC
• Work with RAB to come up with a job description
  of Regional EA chairs
• Regional EA chair will be the main contact point
  for contibutions from regions on model curriculum
  development
• Main contact point for Expert Now promotion
• Work with RAB for an EA chair meeting/workshop in
  2006 and 2007 date will be decided.
• EA staff will write 3 articles on EAB
  initiatives, products, new member benefits etc
  and Regional EA chairs will help with its
  publication in regional newsletters in 2006.

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Assist EAB in identifying member interest in
continuing education in Standards

• How to develop patents
• Standards workshop and promote it to IEEE members
• Standards in education gt get students familiar
  with standards, the new program will be for
  engineers not students

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ACTION ITEMS

• (Info item) SEOC may propote this initiative and
  help identify sections needs
• Develop an Expert Now module on how to develop
  patents for US, European, and others