Thursday, October 14, 2010

OCTOBER 2010

Making Technology Work: Meeting the Demand for More Students

Are you experiencing increasing enrollments? Are students rushing to enroll in classes? Join us as one college, Northcentral Technical College (NTC), shares how it went from 300-400 courses per semester to 4,000-5,000 fully automated classes. Partnering with Dynamic Campus, NTC developed a fully automated system, creating efficient online courses for faculty, while addressing the growing student demand for accessible, easy-to-navigate coursework. This session will leave you with ideas on how to maximize technology to better serve your students.

Thursday, October 28, 2010
Pacific: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Mountain: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Central: 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Eastern: 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Presenters:
Chet Strebe, CIO, Northcentral Technical College (WI)
Leonardo de la Garza, Chancellor Emeritus, Tarrant County College District (TX)
Evelyn Waiwaiole, Suanne Davis Roueche NISOD Director (Moderator)



NOVEMBER 2010

A Change for Good: Using Student Engagement Techniques to Transform Student Success

How can we make a real difference in the success, retention, and persistence of our at-risk students? In an effort to promote meaningful change and sustain long term results, New Mexico Junior College (NMJC) is collaborating with Dr. Elizabeth Barkley to train a core team of motivated professors to improve the success of students in high-risk core courses. Join us as we share a multi-faceted, data-driven strategy for helping face-to-face and online instructors become central to the improved success of students at this comprehensive, residential community college. NMJC instructors are becoming more effective in their engagement practices and efforts to build early and sustained student success using the lessons learned in this focused professional development program.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Pacific: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Mountain: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Central: 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Eastern: 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Presenters:
Elizabeth F. Barkley, Instructor, Music, and Author, Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers
Larry Sanderson, Director of Institutional Effectiveness, New Mexico Junior College
Terry Holloman, Faculty, New Mexico Junior College
Mia Leggett, Membership Liaison, NISOD (Moderator)

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