January 2005 - Posts
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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