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CPCC: The Evolution to a Learning College (Debbie Bouton)
Chris Anson is a professor of English and the Director of the College Writing and Speaking Program at North Carolina State University. He was one of the early advocates of using digital voice recorders to provide oral feedback on students' written essays and reports.
Ron Baker is the Deputy Executive Director of the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Previously he was the chief academic officer at Cascadia Community College where he directed the development of its outcomes-based Learning Outcomes Project.
· Connecting the Dots - Aligning Practice with Intentions
· Explications of Expectations a Framework for Practice
Stephen Brookfield - has worked in England, Canada, Australia, and the United States, teaching in a variety of college settings. In the following five videos, Stephen Brookfield defines critical thinking and discusses how to infuse thinking critically into classes and individual assignments.
Deann Leoni - (Coordinator, Mathematics Across the Curriculum/MAC3) encourages faculty of all disciplines to integrate mathematics and quantitative reasoning into their courses.
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· Part II |
Dr. Don Locke - (Director of Diversity and Multiculturalism, UNC-Asheville) takes an opportunity in this discussion to highlight the importance of Multicultural Teaching.
Dr. Tom Lombardo - Dr. Tom Lombardo, a Resident Futurist and Faculty Chair of Psychology at Rio Salado College discusses how commitments reflect ethical and informed decision making.
· Ethical and Informed Decision Making
Ed Neal recently retired as the Director of Faculty Development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has developed a national reputation in helping faculty redesign their courses to address critical thinking within the context of the course content.
· Questioning: A Simple Strategy
Dr. Kathleen Turner - (Director of Oral Communication at Davidson College) discusses Oral Communication in the Classroom.
Jonathan Vehar - is a Senior Partner at New & Improved where he works with organizations to create teams who can work together productively to create innovation. Investor’s Business Daily calls him an “Innovation Guru,” and his quick wit, piercing insights, and commitment to excellence create powerful programs in the areas of creative thinking, new product ideation, strategic planning, creative problem solving, and group meeting facilitation. The following video reveals the essence of how to foster “Teams that Work” in your department or organization.
Dr. John Wear Jr., founding director of the Catawba College Center for the Environment, discusses how to integrate Sustainability into Core Competencies at CPCC.
Learning Videos at YouTube
Creating Classroom Connections - Dr. Joseph Trimble organizes his seminars and small classes to build on people's fundamental need to connect with others. To accomplish this objective, he has students participate in a series of activities and projects that emphasize their strengths as well as the importance of working with others in small group settings.
Education in Second Life - A brief overview about Second Life and how educators may be able to use it in their classes.
Interpreting Written Feedback from Students - Describes a technique to help make sense of end of the semester written feedback from students.
Shift Happens - A 6 minute video depicting the meaning and impact of globalization on the US education.
2 Million Minutes - Regardless of nationality, as soon as a student completes the eighth grade -- they have just Two Million Minutes to prepare for college and ultimately a career.
This important documentary examines how students in India and China are being better prepared than American students to compete in a flattening world.
For more information, go to www.2mminutes.com.
Vision of Students Today - A short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime. Created by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University.