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Planning for IT Change and Innovation in Higher Education
Mike Zastrocky, Feb 20-21, 2003

Back to the Future: After WYSIWIG, What is the Next Killer App?
Carl Berger, Dec 5-6 2002

On the Horizon and In Your Face...
Mark Milliron, Oct 31 2002

Ocotillo Retreat 2002
Special Guest: Alan November
Tucson, May 14-15, 2002

Developing the Future Maricopa: Strategies for Emerging Educational Realities
Michael Dolence, April 8-9, 2002

Into the Future: What is IT?
Diana Oblinger, February 26-27, 2002

Designing the Hybrid Campus
Philip Parsons, January 30-31, 2002

New Resources
Philip Parsons asks what has happened with "Hybrid Learning" since his first visit ... Transforming e-Knowledge "a revolution in the sharing of knowledge..." Maricopa's Killer Apps developed at the Dec 5-6, 2002 forum with Carl Berger ... Battelle Technology Forecasts ... The Futures Project ... Get Mark Milliron's Presentation from Oct 31 Forum ... inventio: "Bricks and Clicks: the Learning Space of the Future" ...

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evalutions

Designing the Hybrid Campus
Architects Philip Parsons and Deepika Ross
January 30-31, 2002

Number of evaluations received: 30
Number for day 1:15
Number for day 2:15

Average based on 5 - 1 response, (5 = highest).

4. Overall, the forum was informative. average = 4.13

5. I liked the format of this forum. average = 3.90

6. The faciliators were effective in presenting relevant information. average = 4.00

7. I enjoyed the morning activities. average = 4.13

8. The afternoon activities were useful for our own college strategic planning. average = 3.40

9. It was worth my time to participate in this event. average = 4.13

10. What did you learn that you could use as you develop your college strategic planning?

To think of space as a flexible commodity.
Mixed-use facilities, making the campus a mall of services might attract more students, there is more grassroots support for inter-college cooperation than I ever imagined.
The impact of common space on the learning process and on the social effects of learning.
I learned to articulate what we are already doing so far as Hybrid classes. I disagreed with the facillator on two points.

I do not think that learning is Social in all instances.
I do not think that school (teachers) are the MOST important in a student's life. I think that the family is.

To rethink learning -- outside the traditional confines of time and space.
Further, a hybrid or mix of time/space/media alternatives may be the most effective method of future learning.
To always remember that we need to consider the fact that we are actually creating "experiences and opportunities" for our students to not only learn in an ecademixcsence but also equally important, they are learning in a social enviornment so we need to always be aware of this in our planning efforts.
To consider shared spaces or better use of spaces other than classrooms
We have a lot of work..
Public libraries do this well, I freely make use of libraries in cities I do not live in, and they are very happy to see me. Perhaps we can make Maricopa transparent and seamless to those we serve?
Need to consider spaces that facilitate learning outside the traditional classroom by providing "learning community" indoor and outdoor (especially in AZ) areas.
To view learning beyond the boundaries of the classroom and incorporate this into our planning process.
We continued the discussion for about an hour afterwards over in the Math/Sci area. And then for another half hour or so in our roundtable meeting the next morning. We are formulating a formal statement from our Ocotillo roundtable to the rest of our college based on our disussions. Thanks for the inspiration.
I think we need to be aware that we don't always need new "things" (buildings, parking lots, etc.) but should look at ways of developing the support for the things we already have and the things that we will undoubtedly build in the future. If we don't have the support staff (help desk and IT folks, admissions and records people, cafeteria help) the "things" may become impossible to use.
The emphasis is now toward "learning spaces" rather than the standard floors and walls.
There were references to how students behave while at college or at home doing tasks related to college. These references were the tip of the iceberg and suggests that we need to know more. For example, there is already a participant misquoting what was said by the presenters to their own advantage.
We really need to think outside the box. We're still stuck thinking about the old way of doing business. The most helpful part was the slides showing the way other institutions are providing the social environment to facilitate the learning.
Space and environment really make a difference
I was exposed to ideas I had not thought of before in terms of implementing universal access, faculty loading, and how to list hybrid courses in the course schedule.
I learned that Maricopa has quite a bit of activity in experimenting with hybrid courses. We all seem to accept the value of hybrids but are weighed by the large issues of finding a non FTSE-based funding model.
A different perspective on the use of space.
I think the format was unfortunate in that we were not grouped with our college team. Although I truely enjoyed the provocative nature of the presenter and the questions that Philip brought to light, it did not seem to advance the discussion of learning spaces for my campus. The day did not have a focus or a stated agenda. As the first of a series of planning events - we should have had a this process placed in some kind of context. The presenter seemed to know more about the future plans of the bond election.
new terms, e.g., hybrid campus/learning
The importance of highlighting learning as a social activity. The roles of community and partnerships in learning.
The concepts of "learning per square foot" and "density."
Lots of interest in hybrid courses - now the question is will the college leadership (seems like innovators were attending this forum) understand and leverage a move to hybrid courses?
It was interesting to think about exploring the implementation education in unusual settings.

11. Name one or two things the facilitators did that you enjoyed the most.

Their insites on our current facilities. And their focus on sound learning principles as a foundation of discussion.
Pictures of other colleges, especially video footage.
I LOVED his sense of humor. She did not speak enough for me to have an opinion.
He made you feel comfortable and non threatened.
Talking about space and it's useful or better uselessness.
Pictures of spaces, good and not so good, built into their presentation.
The presentation, (power point) was very effective and showed multiple examples of use of space, classroom and lab areas.
THe teaching example in the morning was a good ice breaker.
Mr. Parsons worked the tables very well to pull together closing ideas in the a.m. and p.m.
small group interactive activity
visual presentation that included video
They shared honest and direct ideas about our current facilities- the examples from elsewhere helped generate new ideas. They used humor well too.
Like the pictures of our Maricopa sites and the discussion that followed.
gave us an overview of other spaces that have been developed
got us thinking about the social nature of learning
I enjoyed the first exercise that we did, teaching each other a particular skill. It demonstrated how we learn, but, this was face to face, it would be interesting to try and od the same exercise online and see what happens.
Liked the photos.
Loved the slides of other campus areas that work and don't work
Encourage me to think "out of the box". Pushed!
Facilitators had given lots of thought to new models. Would have liked to have heard more from the architect.
I really liked the beginning group activity where participants trained and learned something new from each other.
Showing photos of our own campuses and giving a professional evaluation of our use of space and asthetics in relation to other higher ed facilities.
I thought the pictures of the spaces were very good, making us think about how the empty and occupied spaces can create a mood and make us want to participate or not participate in a certain activity.
I enjoyed the variety of the activities combined with the presentations. The group, or table, activities made us think and interact so that we weren't just sitting there all day listening to a presentation.
I appreciated that they were brave enough to say what they really thought - even when it was something negative about MCCCD.
I think they provoked us to think about things in a new way.
The pictures showing his concept of "good campus" and "bad campus" architecture.
I enjoyed looking at existing learning spaces and discussing them. We should have worked off of those rather than the set of arbitrary questions that didn't seem to relate to the discussions.
I enjoyed that attitude and tone of the presenter. Provocative and unconventional. Felt sorry for poor Deepika - cirling around the room with little apparent purpose.
Came around to individual tables to clarify the intent of the exercises
The presenters and presentation gave honest appraisals.
Were personally involved with the groups.
Listened, thought, commented. Did not have the impression of "canned answers".
Engaging diologue - not just lecture
Incorporation of information specific to MCCD (photos)
I enjoyed seeing the spaces that invited activity, and those that apparently did not.
Compared other institutions to our campuses so that we can see how our spaces fit or don't fit with other institutions. What we think are great things aren't always so great, i.e. EMCC hi-tech teaching & learning center

12. As we plan the next Forum, what improvements in this format should we keep in mind?

Let the facillators have a microphone. Don't have the facillators present in front of the projector.
Temperature control. I nearly froze.
This format worked well. I don't have any recommendations for improvement. Great job!!
Capital-related questions.
More focused and stated purpose. Should we be building a group plan or talking among the colleges? There should be a mix of both - I think - but I would have appreciated some kind of intorduction to the whole process.
I don't think the afternoon discussion groups were focused enough.
We need to work with our college teams more.
Time together for each college team to brainstorm and discuss
Ron had stated that it would be a very interactive format. However, we did two mini-exercises in the morning (teach something and learning artifact) and we only had ~0.5 hr. of planning time in the afternoon. The rest of the time Phillip was speaking. I thought he had a lot to say that was important, but I felt a bit cheated that WE did so little. Make next go round more interactive. We know that lecture doesn't work well for our students and it doesn't work well for us. Anything that comes up in lecture, I could read about to nearly the same effect (I'd miss the jokes though)...
More time to move around
Activities to generate workable ideas, not just complaints and gripes. More time in college groups.
Better A/V system where the presenter is not in front of the screen.
Smaller tables. Use of natural light in the p.m. to help with the fatigue factor. Darkness was a bit of a problem.
the time for sharing and dialoging with others from other colleges and with other types (i.e. faculty, admin, staff)
We must have a more concrete "where do we go from here" activity to get momentum going. Maybe were are not ready yet, but we need more than we had in the afternoon.
I thought the format was just fine. Keep the speakers equally engaging and lots of actvities.
The speaker was correct in noting that the physical setting (lighting in particular) greatly inhibited the effectiveness of the sessions. Second, although there was certainly audience participation at times, it badly needed to be better structured and more evenly broken up into smaller bites. My group, at least, desperately needed more structure! (definitions, specific tasks, instructions on note-taking, just, frankly, basic adult education facilitation mechanics that were not adequately done)
I think the timing and duration was about right. The 9:00 am start gives us about 2 to 2-1/2 hours before lunch. Lunch allows a break and a continuation of dialogue, but in a different setting with different people. The 2 to 2-1/2 hours in the afternoon is just about right, and allows the participants to get a few other things done that day. Thanks for all the hard work. It was a good, productive, stimulating forum for the exchange of ideas.
I like the small group work and then share with the bigger group.
Time spent with colleagues after the presentations and workshop was very valuable. Teams must get together to process in the context of their own campus immediately or as soon as possible.
We need a bigger room so that people can move around a little bit easier.
less time devoted to formal presentation
Can't think of any at the moment.
The refreshments were very good, very well done. However, it would be helpful for the morning snacks to include bagels or similar snacks as I have allergy problems with melon and most granola products.
The lunch was excellent, expectations run high for the next event!
I liked the way the groups from the colleges were dispersed among the tables. If we weren't forced to sit in separate spaces, there would have been tables of CGCC, PC, MCC, SCC, etc. Arranging the seating makes us interact with people we may not have chosen to on our own. Keep doing this.
Have facilitator be much more specific about what he or she wants for us to walk away with after the forum is over. I got the feeling that the facilitator was not 100% sure of what he wanted us to arrive at when we were finished for the day. He wrapped up the last hour like he had the devil after him and he was rushing his material too too much for us to properly digest it.

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