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Distance Learning Quality Matters Course Reviews
by Randy Dominguez
TCC wishes to congratulate the following faculty who participated in the Distance Learning Quality Matters
course reviews this past summer. Three courses were reviewed and we are pleased to announce that all three
have met the QM standards for an Online course.
Courses reviewed were: CHLD2003 Child Development Lifespan, Developed by Dr. Carla Goble; MATH0123
Intermediate Algebra, Developed by Prof. Joyce Shilling; and ECON2013 Principles of Macroeconomics, Developed by Prof. Melinda Smith. QM course reviews include 3 peer reviewers for each course and while 2 of the 3 reviewers were from
outside TCC, each review also had reviewers from within TCC. Those reviewers included the following: Prof. Lance Phillips, Dr. Lisa
Gerow, and Dr. Sarah Plunkett.
Congratulations to the course developers for being the first courses reviewed by Quality Matters at TCC and also special thanks to
the Peer reviewers for participating as first time reviewers of an Online course. Distance Learning plans to continue with offering QM
course reviews to full-time faculty for the coming summer. For more information regarding the QM process or to request a QM Peer
Review of your online course, please contact Randy Dominguez, 918-595-8999 or email [email protected]
CELT Activities at the Northeast Campus
by Dorothy Minor
I became a teacher because I enjoy working with people. I like
the exchange of ideas, the learning as well as the teaching, so the
CELT coordinator’s job at NEC is very attractive to me. In my new
position as NEC CELT coordinator, I have organized Blackboard
rubric training for interested faculty at NEC; that will be Oct 8 at
2:00 PM in A161 Enterprise Building. On Oct 23, 2:00 PM, A161
Enterprise Building, I will facilitate a hands-on workshop on Web
2.0 tools. When I sent out an email to NEC faculty asking what I
could do for them as their CELT coordinator, I received a request
from an accounting faculty member for online learning games.
Immediately, I found a number of useful sites to send and created
a document with those links in order to share them with other interested faculty and to use in developing a worksh op on learning
games in the future. I also found a link to 700 free online videos
in math, science, history, English, business, and social sciences. The
videos are on Education-Portal.com at this URL: http://educationportal.com/academy/course/index.html.
As part of a larger group, I am planning a mini-conference to be
held at NEC on Nov 9. Since few of us can travel to conferences
for professional development, the mini-conference will afford
those who attend an opportunity to gain that professional development at TCC and use the
occasion for some genuine
professional renewal. The
mini-conference will offer
the following sessions: library use and research,
sharing ideas for teaching,
Web 2.0 tools, and learning documents. Dr. Dan
Stein, professor at Touro
College in Brooklyn, NY,
will conduct the learning documents session via Webinar. I look
forward to developing more ideas from faculty suggestions and
my own explorations of ideas.
Recent Faculty Development Programs
by Angela Summers
The CTLC (Creative Teaching and Learning Consortium) was held at SEC on Aug. 14th: faculty were represented from all four campuses and Dean of Students, Heather Hancock, discussed student behavioral issues. Mary Larson and Julie Luscomb were on the planning group for this very successful faculty development program.
Sept. 27th At SEC, the Liberal Arts faculty presented the “Engaged Student” to full-time and part-time peers of Liberal Arts. Approx.
25 faculty were in attendance and appreciated the “upbeat,” moving (around the room) and interactive presentation from Professor
Jane Varmecky and Professor Chris Myers-Baker about how to engage students through games, movement, and “brain breaks.” There
was much laughter, camaraderie and learning about how to actively engage students. We hope they will present this again for full
faculty!