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 Spokane Community College Campus Due to increasing demand for the Open Textbook Workshop in Seattle, there will now be another workshop held at Spokane Community College. The workshop will be on April 22th, starts at 10:00 am until 3:00pm. Lunch will be included. To register, you must sign up for the Open Textbook Advocates and Trainers Ning, then join the Spokane WA Cohort Group to officially register for this workshop. Be at your computers on March 18, at 3-4:30, there will be an Elluminate session held to study the instructional design tool: Quality Matters. Here is the Elluminate link. (just type in your name as you do not need a password) There has been a slight change in policy here in eLearning, which will affect the date that Blackboard course shells are made available to faculty each quarter. Our team has studied the reasoning behind the original model and the technical aspects involved, and we’ve come to the conclusion that an earlier shell build date would be worth trying since this would greatly benefit our faculty. The goal is to make the upcoming quarter’s shells available to faculty during finals week of the current quarter so that prep work can be done before the quarter break. Students will not be added to the shells until the mid-break enrollments change, as usual. As we assess the process results we may decide to adjust the shell build date policy again. You will see the modification reflected in our Faculty Blackboard Planner page and in Scott Coffie’s Systems Administrator quarterly email announcements as we implement this change, effective immediately. North Seattle College is hosting a Open Textbook Workshop on April 20, 2010, from 10-3, with lunch included. Come and join the effort in making textbooks more affordable. Become an advocate and trainer for Open Textbooks. This event is sponsored by the Community College Open Textbook Project and The Washington State Board of Community And Technical Colleges (SBCTC) and free for all who want to attend. SBCTC is also offering to pay for mileage of those who are traveling more than 50 Miles to attend the event. Advocates and Trainers will learn how to:
In addition to travel reimbursement, Advocates and Trainers will receive a $1,500 stipend to assist in their development, as well as to present a faculty workshop about Adopting Open Textbooks at their local college campus. To register for the Seattle workshop and for information on becoming an Advocate and Trainer, and locations for other workshops please visit http://opentextbookadvocatetrainers.ning.com/. Get some practice using the collaborative online web conferencing tool, Elluminate. There is a practice session, hosted by Shoreline Community College, happening on Wednesday, March 3, from 2-3 pm. Connect from your computer by clicking this Elluminate session link: No need for a password, just enter your name after you click the link. |
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