MCLI Projects Earn Recognition!
Maricopa Program Selected as Finalist for Bellwether Awards
The Faculty In Progress Program (FIPP) was selected as one of ten finalists for a Bellwether Award in the Planning, Governance, and Finance category. The Bellwether Awards were established to recognize outstanding and innovative programs that are leading colleges in the 21st century.
Dr. Anna Solley and
Dr. Maria Harper-Marinick attended the Community College Futures Assembly in February to accept the award. Also honored with a Bellwether Finalist Award were Scottsdale Community College in the category of Instructional Programs and Services and Rio Salado College in the category of Workforce Development.
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/fipp/bellwether03/index.php
 Systemic Reform In Science (SyRIS) Wins the 2003 Gustav Ohaus Award (College Level) for Innovations in Science Teaching
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Awards and Recognitions Committee has selected the Systemic Reform In Science (SyRIS) Project as the recipient of the 2003 Gustav Ohaus Award (College Level) for Innovations in Science Teaching. These awards recognize the highest quality in science teaching and learning. They honor science initiatives that have developed innovative programs in new curriculum design and instructional methods or techniques to enhance learning activities for students.
Dr. Jeffrey Pommerville, SyRIS Project Director and Principal Investigator, was presented with the award at the 2003 NSTA National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 28.
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/syris/events/nsta03.html
The Maricopa Learning eXchange (MLX) is Selected as the 2003 District Office Innovation of the Year
The Maricopa Learning eXchange (MLX) has been selected as the District Office Innovation of the Year, joining other recognized innovations nominated from each Maricopa college.
The Maricopa Learning eXchange (MLX) is an online virtual "warehouse" that catalogs ideas, projects, learning objects, and teaching strategies that support learning at Maricopa. As a searchable digital repository, the MLX showcases Maricopa's innovations by college and discipline, and allows faculty and staff to share instructional resources across the District.
Recently, the MLX added 350 more items to its collection by sponsoring a friendly competition, awarding software prizes to the college that submitted the most items to the MLX between November 12, 2002, and February 28, 2003. The winning colleges were Chandler-Gilbert (1st place), South Mountain (2nd place), and GateWay (3rd place), although we all are winners by having access to the materials now available in the MLX.
Alan Levine, Instructional Technologist at MCLI, designed, developed, and conceptualized the MLX. Colen Wilson, part-time instructional programmer for MCLI and a student at Scottsdale Community College, designed the database and programmed the web integration that makes it all work.
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