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Ocotillo evolves again: a little bit of history
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» Ocotillo Retreats (1998-2004)
» Notes From the Wall (1996)
» Ocotillo Generations (1997)
» Ocotillo @ 10 (1998)
» brochure (1999)
» League Presentation (1999)
» League Presentation (2003)
» Ocotillo Spotlight (2001-2004)
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Background on Ocotillo
In 1987, after observing installation of data network ports, Vice-Chancellor Alfredo de los Santos Jr. began asking faculty a series of questions, "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 (see Ocotillo's "first generation" structure).
The metaphor for this organization, the Sonoran desert plant was specifically chosen to represent the dynamic nature of the Ocotillo groups which started from an initial "charge" but could go in different directions according o the faculty chairs and participants.
Each year ended with an Ocotillo Retreat and the accomplishments were shared via Ocotillo Reports.
In the first few years, the Ocotillo committees were focused on various technology oriented groups. Some of the outcomes for Ocotillo include:
In the early 1990s, Ocotillo beganb to broaden its scope and drew in more participants, so that committees were developed to address Service Learning, Collaborative Learning, etc. A formalized recommendation process was developed to channel Ocotillo ideas to appropriate parts of the Maricopa organization.
Some things that came out of Ocotillo include:
Based on feedback from the college, in 1996 the Ocotillo General Faculty chair boldly decided to disband the committees and to spend a year reflecting and gathering ideas on the role and purpose of Ocotillo, to develop a new structure. The outcome of this was the development of a new generation, based on the Teaching, Learning, Technology Roundtables (TLTRs) model. In this model, colleges were encourage to create (if they did not exist) local TLTR-like groups, with wide participation from various groups on campus. Ocotillo would support one faculty member as a District-wide representative, with the notion that issues and ideas that arose from the college groups could be addressed at a district level.
Some outcomes for this part of Ocotillo's evolution include:
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