News & announcements from June 2011
More Resources for Using Technology
Thursday, June 30th, 2011Using Moodle Moodle News provides updates and resources for using Moodle in course development . You can subscribe to get updates. The National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT) is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides leadership in using information technology to redesign learning environments to produce better learning outcomes for students. The site has course…
Online courses at CC’s
Thursday, June 16th, 2011Who takes online courses? Most online courses, at least at community colleges, are taken by students enrolled in face to face classes. Most researchers and studies agree, that colleges must pay attention to what courses are online, how comparablity of assessments with face to face course is set up and what types of students and…
Social Media and The Law
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other forms of social media continue to evolve. A recent article describes some concerns for labor law and social media. Other organizations provide some governance resources and guidelines for company and educational institutional use as well as personal use. Other colleges, including NECC and the CA community college system offer helpful…
