 | American Association of Community Colleges 2009 Convention (event)
The AACC Convention will take place April 4-7, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona. The theme for the convention is Diversity: Our Vision. Our Value. Registration will be open by the end of this week. Please check back often for additional information!
The premiere event for community college leaders, AACC’s Annual Convention offers unprecedented professional development as well as the opportunity to network, share, and learn from professionals in the fields of education, business and industry, and the government sector. The Academic Marketplace boasts over 200 exhibitors who offer a variety of services and products to bring innovation to your campus.
The convention offers two days of workshops and business meetings before the meeting gets underway followed by two and a half days of programming (forums, roundtables, focus, and spotlight sessions). Monday night’s Gala Dinner honors Outstanding Alumni and the meeting culminates with brunch and a major speaker. See the Preliminary Schedule
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Convention attendees include community college administrators (chancellors, presidents, vice presidents, deans, and department chairs), trustees, faculty, business/industry representatives who work with community colleges, federal or state government representatives, and graduate students. (there is a fee)
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| Arkansas ACTE Region IV Conference (event)
Sponsored by Arkansas Association for Career and Technical Education
Hot Springs, AR (there is a fee)
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 | Building Partnerships to Support the Success of Students Pursuing Non-Traditional Careers (interactive training module)
Northeast Texas Community College worked in partnership with Texas State Technical College-Marshall to research and develop a model for assisting community colleges in building partnerships to support non-traditional students in workforce education. (a free resource)
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 | College Tech Prep of Texas (website)
Tech Prep is College Prep for Technical Careers!
Tech Prep is a way to start a college technical major in high school. In a Tech Prep program, you begin your course of study in high school and continue in a community or technical college. The result is a certificate or associate degree in a career field.
Tech Prep programs combine the academic courses needed for success in college AND technical courses that begin to prepare you for a career.
Students in Tech Prep programs can earn college credit through: Content-enhanced articulated courses (statewide articulation and/or local articulation); Dual credit (concurrent enrollment); and/or College Board Advanced Placement (AP).
For more information click here. (a free resource)
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| Connexions Conference 2008 and OCWC Regional Meeting (event)
Connect with others involved in Connexions
In Connexions, over 900 authors are developing, publishing, and sharing educational content which is used by around 1 million people in over 200 countries every month. Connexions promotes communication among the educational community by various means of collaboration, which helps knowledge to grow more quickly.
Connect with others involved in the Open Courseware Consortium
There are more than 250 Open Courseware initiatives underway at universities around the world involved in free and open digital publication of high quality teaching materials, made available under open licenses, for use and adaptation by educators and learners around the world.
Connect with others involved in Open Educational Resources
At the heart of the movement toward Open Educational Resources is the simple and powerful idea that the world’s knowledge is a public good and that technology in general and the Worldwide Web in particular provide an extraordinary opportunity for everyone to share, use, and reuse knowledge. OER are the parts of that knowledge that comprise the fundamental components of education — content and tools for teaching, learning and research.
Connect with potential collaborators
Connect with your community
Connect with others who will help you change the world (there is a fee)
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 | Keeping 'Em Once You've Got 'Em Part 1: Student Retention (video)
Topics include:
- Creative and effective classroom outcomes;
- Early alert retention programs;
- First-year dropout: the transition from high school to college;
- Placement and exit testing; and
- Models of successful programs.
STARLINK material is free to its members, including employees of Texas 2-year & Technical Colleges. If you are a new member with The Network, please send us an email through our contact page & we will give you access to this material within 1-2 business days. (there is a fee)
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(By: Joyce Bishop, E. Lisbeth Donaldson, Paul B. Glovinsky, & Michael Poindexter) |
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| M.A.S.T.E.R. Course (interactive training module)
The course is based on the Colin Rose & Malcolm Nicholl (1997) book, Accelerated learning for the 21st century: The six-step plan to unlock your M.A.S.T.E.R. mind, and on the Accelerated Learning Cycle defined by the International Alliance for Learning.
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This course is designed to empower students to improve their learning skills. Each lesson is based on the Accelerated Learning cycle: Learner Preparation Phase, Connection Phase, Creative Presentation Phase, Activations of the Learner Phase, Integration Phase.
The focus is on teaching students using concepts and principles of learning based on cognitive science research, including the Natural Human Learning Process, Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles, memory techniques, the power of visualization and music, Brain Gym Activities, and use of music. Emphasis is on activities and techniques that help the human brain learn more naturally based on the brain functioning principles. (a free resource)
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| New Media Consortium Summer Conference 2009 (event)
June 10, 2009 - June 13, 2009
Monterey Bay, California hosted by California State University Monterey Bay
The NMC Summer Conference is a one-of-a-kind event, attracting an audience of highly skilled professionals who are very knowledgeable about and interested in the integration of emerging technologies into teaching, learning, and creative expression.
Save your dates now for what should be one of the best NMC Summer Conferences ever! (there is a fee)
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| OER Commons (Open Education Resources) (website)
OER Commons is the first comprehensive open learning network where teachers and professors (from pre-K to graduate school) can access their colleagues’ course materials, share their own, and collaborate on affecting today’s classrooms. It uses Web 2.0 features (tags, ratings, comments, reviews, and social networking) to create an online experience that engages educators in sharing their best teaching and learning practices. Learn More
OER stands for Open Educational Resources.
Open Educational Resources are teaching and learning materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, whether you are an instructor, student, or self-learner.
OER may be either Course-Related Materials or Libraries and Collections items. Course-Related Materials include both Full Courses and Learning Modules. Components include syllabi, lectures, lesson plans, homework assignments, quizzes, lab activities, pedagogical materials, games, and simulations. Libraries and Collections items are resources from digital media collections or libraries of digitized primary sources. Browse by clicking Browse OER (a free resource)
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| Online Student Support Services: A Best Practices Monograph (website)
This Monograph is designed to help you plan and view examples of the best applications of student support strategies for online students available.
Keeping in mind that the needs and resources of individual colleges differ tremendously, from the smallest rural institutions to large, multi-campus districts, it is hoped that you'll find strategies and applications here that will be of value as you plan your own program. (a free resource)
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| Reading in the Workforce Part 1 (interactive training module)
The purpose of Reading in the Workforce is to offer a reading course to students in Career and Technical Education Programs of Study in a format that allows the students to concentrate their study on those learning objectives not yet mastered.
The modular format restructures the traditional three-credit hour reading course into three distinct one-credit hour components. Each of the three one-credit hour courses delivers specific learning objectives, and the compilation of all of those learning objectives are designed to prepare students for college-level and workplace reading skills. The philosophy that underpins the design is based on Accelerated Learning, which uses methodologies that are modeled on fundamental cognitive science principles. The curriculum was authored by Sandra Padilla, Reading Instructor, at El Paso Community College. (a free resource)
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| Reading Refresher (interactive training module)
The Reading Refresher Course for Workforce Development Areas is a one-credit (16 contact hour) intensive reading review offered in a two week format. The course emphasizes reading strategies, techniques for remembering textbook content, reading workforce-based content, and study strategies. Students who assess at near college level, and who might benefit from an intensive review of fundamental reading concepts will be able to progress to college level work. The philosophy that underpins the design of the Reading Refresher Course is based on Accelerated Learning, which uses methodologies that are modeled on fundamental cognitive science principles. The curriculum was authored by Roselia Galindo, Reading Instructor, at El Paso Community College. (a free resource)
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| Technology Education: A Solution "Now" for the Needs of Tomorrow (event)
Sponsored by Association of Texas Technology Education (ATTE)
The Conference will be at the Horseshoe Bay Resort in Marble Falls (there is a fee)
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| Texas Association of College Technical Educators 2009 Conference (event)
The Texas Association of College Technical Educators sponsors two conferences each year for members to come together to discuss and plan for better and more efficient means of meeting the education and training needs of Texas' business and industry, and to address internal administrative/operational procedures to meet state and federal requirements. These two TACTE conferences are conducted one in the early Fall (usually the first week of October) and one in early Spring (usually the first week of April).
At the TACTE conferences special sessions are planned that :
- provide the latest in workforce/economic development news and information
- provide legislative and agency updates of significance to workforce education and training
- provide workshops on topics of interest and staff development to better prepare the TACTE membership in assisting business and industry in addressing their educational needs
OMNI Downtown Austin, April 1 - 3, 2009 (there is a fee)
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| Texas Community College Teachers Association's 2009 Convention (event)
The 62nd Annual Convention will be held at the Renaissance Austin Hotel, on February 19-21, 2009.
This year's banquent features David Weinberger! RSVP by February 13th.
Over 100 discipline specific programs, peer networks and more.
Great Ideas for Teaching Students: Ten 15-minute intensives related to your classroom.
Technology Seminars: These unique sessions provide practical training in the latest software and equipment for teachers in all disciplines.
Community College Day at the Capitol: A unique opportunity for community and technical college educators to communicate directly with lawmakers during the crucial 81st Legislative Session.
Over 50 community colleges, 100 disciplines, and 6000 members: Come be a part of TCCTA's biggest event of the year! (there is a fee)
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