News & announcements from June 2012
Privatizing Public Higher Education & Online Education
Friday, June 29th, 2012The current debate about the role and use of online courses was in part prompted recently at the University of Virginia. The events at UVA asked who is in charge of public universities, the curriculum and what are its future directions. Many articles included a timeline and issues and archives of digital and print debate by the UVA…
Assessment, Cheating and Online learning
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012Explorations of the assessment, cheating and delivery of online learning continues. A recent article regarding how students cheat in online courses was further explored. Additional resources for assessment of online and hybrid delivery are provided by Quality Matters. Assessment and efficacy of online learning is explored by several organizations, f or grading rubrics, including Assessment of…
Diversifying the Curriculum, Diversifying our Resources at BCC
Friday, June 1st, 2012Berkshire Community College is inviting GCC faculty and staff to participate in their Vision Project sponsored professional development program Diversifying the Curriculum, Diversifying our Resources on August 20-21, 2012 at BCC. There are 5 seats available for participants from other Western Mass community colleges. Please contact Dori Digenti at BCC if you have questions and…
