Ocotillo Textbook & Technology Day 2005

Alisa Cooper

Alisa has been a residential faculty at South Mountain Community College for eight years. She is currently a co-chair of the Ocotillo Action Group on Hybrid Course Sttructures. While on sabbatical this past year, she finished her doctoral dissertation on the effects of hybrid courses on retention and student satisfaction. Before starting her teaching career, she studied communications at Phoenix College and earned her B.A. in English Literature from California State University, Bakersfield. Alisa earned her M.Ed. degree in English Secondary Education from Northern Arizona University and earned her doctorate in Instructional Technology and Distance Education at Nova Southeastern University. Alisa advocates using technology in the classroom, and is constantly trying new technologies in her classes. She currently uses Blackboard, blogs, instructional videos, student webpages, Flash presentations, and this year will be trying out podcasts and wikis.