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Ocotillo Chairs Meeting Notes
Meeting Notes
Ocotillo Chairs
Friday, Friday, October 9 1998, 2:00 PM
1. Who's Here?
Pam Petty - CGCC Nancy Matte - PC
Chris MacCrate - EMCC Pat Medeiros - SCC
Rosemary Kesler - GWCC Mary Long - SMCC
Manny Griego - GCC Ken Roberts - SMCC
Richard Shortridge - GCC Naomi Story - MCLI
Brad Kincaid - MCC Alan Levine - MCLI
Peter Thiel - PVCC Tracy Price - MCLI
A special welcome for the new Ocotillo chair from PV, Peter Thiel!
1998-1999 Issues/Pairs of Chairs
At the last meeting we decided to continue to focus on the issues developed and discussed at the 1998 Retreat. Using the same approach, "pairs of chairs" will help lead discussions on these isssues at Faculty Chair meetings for 1998-99.
Pairing was self-chosen:
| issue | chair pair | discussion date |
| Assessment and Evaluation
|
Pat Medeiros - SCC
Peter Thiel - PVCC
|
session @ All Faculty Convocation
(January 8, 1999)
|
| Access
|
Mary Long - SMCC
Nancy Matte - PC
|
December 11
|
| Faculty Development
|
Rosemary Kesler - GWCC
Pat Case - RIO
|
March 12
|
| Distance Learning
|
Brad Kincaid - MCC
Chris MacCrate - EMCC
|
February 12
|
| Technology Staffing
|
Richard Shortridge - GCC
Pam Petty - CGCC
|
April 9
|
- Each "chair-pair" will ask other campuses, colleagues, TLTR groups for feedback one month prior to their meeting. They need to help come up with key questions and help to facilitate the
meetings.
- MCC stated that they would like to keep the issues campus-based but compare notes on the issues; other chairs agreed.
- Continue the discussion on issues, come-up with solutions or problems, sharing successes and failures.
How to Do Tech Plan Reviews
Next chair meeting (November 13) is scheduled for the review of college technology plan drafts.The Deans of Instruction have been invited to attend. What mechanism to use for doing this efficiently and effectively?
We started by scanning the plans/outlines that Manny requested for this meeting. Nine colleges had brought them to the meeting.
- avoid repetitive "report outs"
- avoid competitive comparisons
- describe the context of the plan (i.e. fit with college strategic planning)
- focus on issues, both common and unique
Before the meeting each chair will come up with the issues addressed in their plans that they would like to share at that meeting. send them by A1 to Alan Levine by November 2, 1998.
MCLI will combine all the issues and share the common ones; These will be
made into one list [no college identification) and presented at the November 13th
Chair meeting. At that time we will select a subset of these and break out into discussion groups.
Announcements
- The WebCT demonstration at PC went extremely well. December 2 (again at PC) we will have a demo of POLIS. The chairs are asked to name a time, place, and topic for a demo at their individual colleges. These are by design informal sharings of technologies in use at the colleges.
- There will be a videoconference held at District [Room 311, 12:30 - 2:00] November
5th "Developing Courses for Web-based Delivery" - Faculty participants can sign-up for
professional growth (For more information contact the MCLI, ext. 18300)
- The question was raised about the implications for the Macintosh platform of the District contract with PeopleSoft.
Future
- Next Meeting: Friday, November 13, 1998, 2:00 - 4:00 PM District office - Governing Board Room
Agenda Items:
- Review of College Technology Plans