Surf's Up!

This from one of our faculty members:

Just a quick note to say that my surf band will be playing again, this Friday Feb. 6, 9 pm, at McDonough's Pub in Aurora (they're on East Iliff, right off of 225). We'll be playing along with the really fine rockabilly band, the Redline Rockets. No problem at all if you can't make it - I just wanted to give you the info. (Feel free to mention it to anyone else around the office, too!)

I now return you to your regularly scheduled Tuesday!

John Ragan
www.myspace.com/theroyalaces

Lisa Cheney-Steen

Blackboard Greenhouse Award Winner!!

I am extremely happy to let you all know that this year a CCCOnline course has won a Blackboard Greenhouse award!

Karen Kaemmerling's HIS 202 digital content course wowed the reviewers with both its design and use of technology to assist students in the learning process. Karen is going to the Blackboard conference this summer to present the course there, but you can see the presentation here:

http://media.ccconline.cccs.edu/ccco/HIS202/Tour/HIS202_Greenhouse_custom.htm

Mary Cash is the designer on record for this course and Aaron built the presentation with Karen. The course uses NROC and in-house content to replace the textbook. (See yesterday's webinar archive for more information on NROC). There are many great ideas embodied in this course that could be implemented in more of our courses (and many of course that already have been implemented.)

The greenhouse program is administered by scholars, reviewers are chosen from colleges around the world, and an extensive rubric is used in the review precess. Blackboard describes the program below:

The Blackboard Greenhouse Exemplary Course Project (ECP) recognizes courses that model best practices in learning, course design, interaction and collaboration, assessment and evaluation, meaningful technology use, and learner support.

It truly is an honor to have a course recognized by this program! There is more information on the Greenhouse project (it builds on the WebCT Exemplary Course award program) available here: http://communities.blackboard.com/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_130_1

Anyone interested in submitting a course next year should read over the material and then let your program chair and designer know that you are interested.

best,
Lisa

Adding Audio to Your Courses! - Webinar Friday 3/14

CCCOnline Training and Professional Development invites you to attend tomorrow's webinar!

What: Adding Audio to Your Courses!
Focus is on types of audio you can add to your courses, the process for storing files on the CCCOnline Media Server, accessibility considerations and design for engaging learning and authentic assessment with audio. We'll explore some free programs available for you and students to use in creating audio as well!

When: Friday, March 14, 2008 .... 2:00 - 4:00 PM (MDT)

Where: Online via Elluminate! Use the link below to access the session. Participants may enter 30 minutes before the session begins.
http://elm.elluminate.com:80/FRONTRANGE/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1203215523142

NOTE: If you are a new user of Elluminate, please go to http://www.elluminate.com/support/ ... and then through the steps for first time users. Once your computer is set-up, view the Participant Training Materials for Elluminate Version 8: http://www.elluminate.com/support/docs/8.0/participant.jsp ... If you are attending the live session, please prepare your computer to attend the session at least 1/2 hour in advance! All sessions begin promptly at 2:00PM MST, but participants can enter the session 30 minutes before to make sure your headsets/voice, speakers, and other features are working properly.

Why... Why not? :^) ... Participation in this session counts as annual professional development credit for CCCOnline faculty. More importantly, you'll have a chance to interact with fellow faculty and explore ways to incorporate audio components in your course to meet a wider range of learning styles!


See you there!
Lisa Marie Johnson
lisamarie.johnson@cccs.edu