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See Also:
Maricopa Strategic Planning
Retreat 2002

Upcoming Forums
Ocotillo Retreat
"Guess Who's Coming to Learning? Managing Expectations" with Jay Jamrog, Human Resources Institute / University of Tampa
Rio Salado College, May 20, 2003

Past Forums
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

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

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

• Support of technology in the classroom and for students/ faculty out of the classroom.
• Many of the discussion points and resources.
• High-tech vs. High Touch and Ubiquity vs. specialization.
• The information concerning those ideas that are in our faces compared to in the horizon.
• The key issues that are being voiced throughout the country regarding technology and learning; important issues that could (will) be the focus for strategic planning and dialogue.
• Focused on issues that we need to consider as we approach strategic planning.
• MM gave structure and foundation on which to analyze and develop strategic planning.
• Enjoyed the presentation on development to action/adoption, we need to have further dialogue on this subject.
• So much I'm going to breathe and reorient!
• Same topics - no changes
• Found out what everyone else is doing on campus and start sharing ideas.
• Discussion of ubiquity and high-tech vs. high-touch.
• Re-affirmed that we are on track.
• Focusing on support and training must be considered in the planning process.
• Remembering to apply the human touch in the presence of technology
• Book titles and study results
• Focus on return on investment and link to retention importance of maintaining our high touch as we expand high tech importance of viewing technology as a " building."
• Reconsider effective use of technologies already in place telephone, email
• College website is so important to keep easy to use, information current.
• How we can best use technology to support the students overall learning experience
• Step to the web program-very useful-promoted good discussion, how do we best engage faculty on issues of technology.
• Strong web presence needed, mix of service and technology needed for students.
• Each issue that was presented was relevant to the current conversations we are having at EMCC.
• Simply that the modern educational experience must include technology
• More planning of effective use of technology
• More than I have enough time to write (or process in my lifetime.)
• The elaboration of the 10 issues.
• Look at how curriculum is presented.
• Like 10 core issues for us to focus on, like handouts with discussion matrix.
• Our profit is learning- not $. Technology's the entry point for students, every syllabus to service has at least one web page.

8. Name one or two things the presenter did that you enjoyed the most.

• Very informal and nicely presented.
• Connected well with everyone is genuine and enjoys what he is doing
• Lively and coming around to each table.
• Very engaging speaker, humorous, very thought provoking presentation.
• The presentation of examples that illustrated the key issues.
• Stories, very motivational
• Information about what others are doing, Story telling. Being Human.
• Gave websites to visit, Made his presentation available, Self confident of the presentation, Well Done
• Focused on issues.
• Personal teaching is not lost, technology needs integration in present academics
• Very personable-talked to the audience
• Excellent presentation with great concrete examples that we could relate to our college environment.
• The activity dealing with standing touching the cheeks and banging heads together was an interesting activity.
• Wonderful examples and great humor
• Honesty
• Marks use of metaphors, stories, humor and participation was impeccable, also his use of the visual presentation and embedding of book covers and hot links is very much appreciated.
• Addressed hot topics-specialization and trickle down, informed about community college issues.
• When he explained his issues " right on the money"
• Presentation style -superb, excellent synthesis of diverse content and great PowerPoint (just kidding)
• Topic was well presented and well organized
• Outlining the issues
• Breaking his presentation into key issue ex. return vs. investment etc.
• Provided concrete examples and illustrations
• Good training- nice balance of reality and theory
• Style/substance/engaging
• Presentation skills are extremely engaging.
• His ideas and his presentation
• Use of humor
• Knowledge if industry, Upbeat style for presentation
• Very enjoying
• Interacted with the audience. Related experiences related to the topics.
• Presentation style- informative without being too basic.
• The information presented was informative and timely. The practical examples and the sharing of personal experiences. Was great
• Specific examples to make a point
• His passion and the way he articulated and supported it with data.
• Gave concrete examples to support points.
• Made copies of his PowerPoint available, he should be the convocation speaker.

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

• Campus ante's to report last forum (either to Alan or at the next Forum)
• Keep up what you are doing
• This was great! Thank you!
• None. PS the food was great the physical space was comfortable.
• More time to talk amongst ourselves and other colleges.
• During the table discussions have the presenter move from table to table?
• Honestly this was the most beneficial ever! Best in years.
• Work on previous suggestions.
• More time with the speaker at tables: Mark spent all the discussion time with one college. Also, perhaps more time for the speaker to present-more of an all day format.
• I rather liked the agenda, speaker, and logistics centered around this Forum
• How about a web cast? Or videotape?
• Need just-in-time information instead of lots of info -lunch- table discussions-more talk.
• The structure, time, location all works well. I don't recommend any change Excellent, Thank you!
• None
• I would have liked a break in the am and in the pm to work specifically with the other people from my college.
• Keynote speaker gives a shorter talk. Mingle the colleges more. At this session we remained in our college groups only.
• None
• Mark stayed at one table during the college discussions. It would have been nice if he had visited with each group for 10 minuets.
• I always found Marks Talk very informative and entertaining- very relevant
• We have talked enough it's time for action.
• More? question/answer time with presenter
• Plan for the bond
• Starting at 10:30 was great it gave me time to get a handle on things in my office before coming.
• The purple page was too difficult to read. The print was way to small. Otherwise, everything was great! As Usual!

Rick Sheets (Paradise Valley) brought students from his NAU Educational Technology in the College Class to the forum and provided the following feedback:

The AHA's are often powerful moments of learning.Ê The learning is in the form of an insight, like a light bulb going on.Ê It is the moment when a new connection is made which brings the learner new understanding.Ê It can be a small "piece" of the "puzzle" or "the missing piece" which makes the picture complete. The students who attended were required to also record an "AHA" from the session:

• This was one of the best seminars that I have attended. It was not only relevant on a college level but on a staff training and development perspective. I was amazed at the amount of material that was covered in such a short amount of time. I think the biggest AHA made me think about how technology in education is growing so rapidly that many schools that are already behind in technolgy will find themselves even further behind. Its like the old saying the harder I run, the further behind I get? It also made me think about how to work toward a Digital Democracy even if it is in a small way.
• The Ocotillo Vision Forum was wonderful. There was a lot of information on what other Universiities and Colleges are doing and what we should be preparing for in the near future. I am I will use the information I learned during staff meetings and the planning and development process.
• I thought that Mark Milliron's presentation was very informative. I particularly found the section on high tech vs. high touch interesting. I think that on-line classes should have at least one day of "real class" each week- even if it's not required. It is important to have a human element in education.
• What a neat opportunity. Mark Milliron is an awesome presenter and spent a great deal of time with us at our table. A few of my "AHAs" are... 1. Look at purchasing web courses like purcasing a textbook, most instructors don't write the textbooks they use in class. 2. I had been thinking of doing my own website for my advisees and Mark made me realize how important it is for me to make sure it looks and works the same as the main NAU-DLS site. 3. The presentation inspired me in my career. I love my job, coworkers and students, but I am excited about the changes and challenges that are "in our face and on the horizon" for higher ed.
• One of the points that is really hitting home with me in this class, and especially after this seminar, is that I no longer have a choice as to whether or not I want to use advanced computer technology in my work and classroom. As part of an older generation who did not grow up with computers, I have adapted to technology slowly. I realize now that I cannot presume to teach anybody anything if I don't have a better grip on this subject. I enjoyed the "Return vs. Investment" concept. Having worked through four software conversions of our customized placement software, I understand this concept for the first time.

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