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Ocotillo Chairs Meeting Notes
Teleconference Meeting Notes
Ocotillo Chairs
August 6, 1997, 2:00 PM
Who's Here?
Manny Griego, GCC Alan Levine, MCLI
Rosemary Kesler, GWCC Fred Gaudet, GWCC
Anna Solley, EMCC Mary Long, SMCC
Doug Sawyer, SCC Bob Albury, GCC
AAHE SI97 Feedback
Manny asked for feedback from those that attended the AAHE Summer Institute.
- Rosemary Kesler (GWCC)
Attended last 2 days; valued the opportunity to discuss plans with their
own team and the time they spent together; developed a list of goals for
their committee.
- GCC -- Manny Griego (GCC)
Considering the short notice Maricopa was well represented (41 total). Hopefully the momentum will carry over to Fall Semester.
- GCC -- Bob Albury (GCC)
Their committee will begin discussing conference details sometime in November and December.
- Alan Levine (MCLI)
Strong participation from GWCC, MCC, and CGCC. PC had a small group but
they were very excited. AAHE will begin conference planning earlier which will result in
stronger participation.
TLTRs - What's going on at the campuses
- GWCC -- Rosemary Kesler
- The committee revised a possible vision and mission statement for the
use of technology at GWCC which they will submit to the Strategic
Planning Committee for consideration.
- The purpose of GWCC TLTR is to serve in an advisory capacity.
- A list of tasks have been developed and assigned to the committee
members; the committee will meet every other week; meeting times have been
set; rooms have been booked; open to anyone who would like to request or
provide information; minutes will be included on the web.
- SCC -- Doug Sawyer
- Meetings scheduled every other Wednesday beginning September 3, 1997.
- One of the first items to be discussed is whether meetings should be
open to all.
- The TLTR would like the college President to address them at the first
all faculty meeting this fall. Doug will discuss this possibility with
the President in the next few weeks.
- GCC -- Bob Albury
- No summer meetings held.
- All meeting dates and times established for next year; rooms booked;
meetings open to all.
- Web site in place - no link yet.
- Two years ago Glendale initiated a 5-year plan for the purchase of
computers for lab classes, as of 97-98 this has been completed.
- The college is working on getting computers for all part-time
secretaries, faculty, etc.
- EMCCC -- Anna Solley
- Roundtable being formed.
- Faculty Development Center planned.
- Chris MacCrate is assigned to Faculty Development and TLTR. He will tie
these two together.
- Chris is working on a plan for the full year. He will present this plan
to Anna Solley, Homero Lopez, and faculty to get their feedback.
- SMCC -- Mary Long
- Team set up and meeting set for fall
- Web Site started
Review of IT Plans Researched
Instructional Technology Plans of other institutions were reviewed. These reviews can be seen on the ocotillo web:
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/ocotillo/technoplan/reviews/
- Manny Griego -- Monroe Community College Corporation
- Mary Long -- University of California, Berkeley
- Bob Albury -- Virginia Community College System
- Doug Sawyer -- Kyrene School District
- Ted Wolter -- NCTP Guidebook for Planning
- Fred Gaudet -- Virginia Community College System
- Chris MacCrate -- Florida Community College at Jacksonville
The list of online plans and links to the review form are available from the main page of the chairs web site.
Future
- Target date, Instructional Technology Plan, November 14, 1997
- Ocotillo Retreat May 19 & 20, 1998
- Extended Contracts, mail date, August 18, 1997
- Manny Griego will make appointments to attend various college roundtable
meetings.
- Possible consultant, Phil Long, William Patterson College New Jersey,
program involvement where students serve as technical support personnel
for faculty developing technology projects.
Next Meeting: September 3, 1997, 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Agenda Items:
- Elements of Technology Plans
- Maricopa "Directory"