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Glendale Community College |
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Mon, 14 Jul 2003 08:19:04 -0700 |
| 1. What is the name of your college center?
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Innovation Center
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| 2. Who is the the Director of the center? What is his/her title?
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Jim Daugherty, Director
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| 3. When was the center established?
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1990
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| 4. What is the URL for center's web site?
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http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/ic/
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| 5. What are the major areas of the center's focus? (e.g. Technology Integration, Faculty Development, Training, media development)
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Accessibility of technology, support of users of technology and collboarative support of innovations in the use of technology in the support of teaching and learning.
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| 6. Indicate the numbers of full-time equivalent staff and the support roles they provide or special skill areas (e.g. "1 instructional designer, 2 trainers, 2 web programmers, 1 graphic artist, 3 PT student programmers...")
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1 Instructional Designer, 1 Program Coordinator, 1 Network Technician, 1 Web technician, 3 Programmer Analysts
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| 7. Please share descriptions of the types of physical facilities at your center (footage, conference rooms, computer stations, special hardware/software)
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| 8. List and describe your center's most successful programs/initiatives in the last year. How did they lead to improved teaching or learning? Provide URLs if relevant.
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Changeover of the Instructional Palette to Windows XP. Lead to improved teaching and learning because all faculty including all adjuncts, and all students can now access any general and specific software packages required for their specific course of studies from any academic workstation on campus using the current state of the art operationg system. The palette include server work/storage space, access to shared folders, instructor folders, internet access and student e-mail as well.
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| 9. What are the most important issues / initiatives your center is facing this year? What are your significant challenges?
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(1) cross-training of staff members for cross functionality.
(2) chart a path for the future of course management software on campus.
(3) adequately document procedures used internally within the IC.
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| 10. What do you think we can do collectively / collaboratively as a network of centers?
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Share visions and solutions.
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