history

    In 1987, after observing installation of data network ports, Vice-Chancellor Alfredo de los Santos Jr. began asking faculty, "What is the meaning of all this for learning? Who will set the agenda for technology?" The response was to create Ocotillo, a faculty-led organization to derive and address the technology agenda across our system. Ocotillo initiated with a series of topic-oriented committees which over the years varied and broadened the district's perspectives of infusing technology for teaching and learning.
    In 1996 Ocotillo re-invented itself into a network of college based, "technology/learning roundtables." As an initial charge, the colleges were asked to develop forward-looking instructional technology plans, and the discussions that ensued began to "bubble" up issues that transcend the individual college interests.
    Ocotillo evolves continually with the ever changing landscape of technology.