3. COMPUTERS:
• Every faculty member has access to a computer
(Part time faculty use computers in workrooms)
• Campus-wide student computers: 1017 (including
41 in library.)
• - Balance issues arising with new technology: 795
students in Basic Studies now take federally-
mandated ecasas tests online and need twice-
weekly labs but only have access to 55
computers (5%).
8. Our Learning Management System
• Fall, 2013:
Migration from
ANGEL to Canvas;
will be used
institution-wide for
grading in all
classes.
The living room is
being re-arranged.
11. It will be worth it…
• Canvas: A student Perspective
• http://youtu.be/6Y93JL1liX0
12. The other buzzword you should know
about: OER: Open Educational
Resources
• http://youtu.be/wLQsirKvcxU?t=6m6s
• (Starts with Connie Broughton, SBCTC)
• WASHINGTON IS A LEADER WITH THE OCL:
OPEN COURSE LIBRARY
Quia: 144 faculty members listed; about a third active users. Up to 150 can join. Renewed yearly.Tegrity:Subscription through SBCTC. Growing in popularity but new cloud sites also becoming available. Elluminate – Virtual conferencing, through SBCTC. Limited usage. (Many new cloud features available.)
The ONE thing everyone agrees on is that we need more computer labs/classrooms.
SHOWN HERE: SMARTBOARD USED FOR BLOG PAGE; VCR PLAYER, TEACHER’S COMPUTER
FLC – sponsored by SBCTC; Online In-service in Canvas in January, ONLINE WORKSHOPS, “Quality RTC” teams formed this year - we are majorly getting on board with that.
The first faculty to submit and meet Quality RTC Standards, Sean Marushia. US History Course.
Cloud computing and OER are changing the instructional landscape.Competency assessments, badges, online coursesNew attitudes towards educationOnline/hybrid classes will change campus needs Mobile learningChanging demographics – older studentsChanging career needs