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Issues to Ideas to Action
This page outlines the development of the major issues addressed by Ocotillo, as developed from input at the college roundtables, shared at the Ocotillo chairs meetings, distilled at the retreats, and filtered back again.

1997-1998	Ocotillo Chairs poll roundtables to identify top technology issues (ocotillo chairs meeting notes 3/98): Assessment and Evaluation Access Distance Learning Faculty Development Technology Staffing Questions for each issue clarified by college roundtables (ocotillo chairs meeting notes 4/98) Responses from colleges tabulated prior to Ocotillo retreat, refined in group discussions (linked from Ocotillo retreat 98 agenda) Post-retreat suggestions for Assessment and evaluation (summary by from Ted Wolter, CGCC and Doug Sawyer SCC) Two forums on Assessment and Evaluation (notes 6/25/98 and 7/30/98)
1998-1999	Ocotillo chairs continue discussion of five large issues (meetings 1998-99) Small group discussion at Ocotillo Retreat produces hundreds of ideas for each issue (linked from Ocotillo retreat 99 agenda) Large group summarizes ideas with suggestions for who should address each: Assessment of Technology Access to technology Technology Staffing Technology Cost/Replacement Faculty/Staff Development These summaries are also available in a formated Adobe Acrobat document, suitable for reprinting. [33k PDF file]
1999-2000	Ocotillo Chairs discuss action steps for followup on retreat 99 ideas (meeting notes 9/10/99) Template document created for soliciting input from faculty/staff at the college , and district staff. [28k PDF file]