January 2005 - Posts

Valencia's Individualized Learning Plan for Faculty
31 January 05 10:23 AM | margulisd | 519 Comments   
Valencia’s Individualized Learning Plan process for tenure-track faculty, as supported by the Teaching/Learning Academy, reflects Valencia’s MISSION, “Valencia Community College provides outcomes-oriented, quality learning opportunities” in the following Read More...
Valencia's Teaching & Learning Academy
27 January 05 04:23 PM | margulisd | 0 Comments   
Valencia's Teaching and Learning Academy, a community of practice , supports new professors, counselors, and librarians as they develop Individualized Learning Plan s ,a fundamental phase of the tenure process designed to assist tenure candidates expand Read More...
Human Dynamics
26 January 05 03:55 PM | margulisd | 507 Comments   
The following entry was previously posted on June 19, 2004. It is being republished here with additional links by request. A video (The Children's Park Design) based on the Human Dynamics theory was used in a recent presentation at the MCC Carnegie retreat Read More...
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Campus Compact's "Real Change"
24 January 05 12:38 PM | margulisd | 0 Comments   
The following announcement was forwarded by Barbara Canyes, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Campus Compact, an organization of college and university presidents dedicated to promoting service as a key aspect of higher education. MACC - Massachusetts Read More...
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Welcome "Bridging" Members!
18 January 05 02:15 PM | margulisd | 2 Comments   
Here are some points we hope to cover in the next 10 minutes or so regarding the use of a blog to support the online component of an educational community of practice: Framing the presentation in a larger context: "The communication tools of the Read More...
Bridging Community to Visit Blog
15 January 05 10:45 AM | margulisd | 535 Comments   
Members of the NLII ( National Learning Infrastructure Initiative ) Bridging Community will be paying a visit to the COPPER Blog on Wednesday, January 19, for a brief presentation on the use of blogs as a collaborative tool as a part of their series of Read More...
MCC January Carnegie Retreat
11 January 05 03:17 PM | margulisd | 531 Comments   
A reminder for cluster participants that the MCC Carnegie retreat will be held Wednesday, January 12, 2005 at the Middlesex Bedford campus, Trustees House. MCC Carnegie Participants will attend a morning session beginning at 8:30 am for discussion of Read More...
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Carnegie Professor of the Year
06 January 05 12:46 PM | margulisd | 511 Comments   
The following excerpt is taken from the Carnegie/CASE 2004 Community College Professor of the Year acceptance speech by Howard Tinberg, Professor of English, Bristol Community College. Tinberg speaks to the role of the scholarship of teaching and learning, Read More...
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