Colorado Mountain College Teaching and Learning

ACTFL 2011 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo

2011-12-19T10:43:00.000-08:00

On November 18-20, 2011, I attended the ACTFL 2011 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo in Denver. This was a large and exciting event: the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Convention and World Languages Expo attracted more than 7,000 teachers, administrators, method instructors and students of foreign languages at all levels from across the world. The

Online / Mobile Textbooks

2011-12-15T06:27:00.000-08:00

In today's morning mail and related to the BIS334 and BUS115 online/mobile textbooks from flatworldknowledge.com...Although this article speaks to TV, I think the notion of "comfortable consuming content without going through customary channels" and "content when I want, where I want—not when you want" has implications for textbooks and other learning resources, including our LMS

Dancing with the Divine John Friend Kick Off Workshop

2011-10-14T12:18:00.000-07:00

Anusara, in Sanskrit, means “flowing with Grace.” This is the name given to master teacher, John Friend’s, style of yoga. I had the great opportunity of recently studying with John at his kick off workshop in San Francisco. It was the start of his 2011 global tour called Dancing with the Divine. Several hundred people congregated at the beautiful Jewish Community Center and delved into the

EMS Symposium & Trade Show Lives up to Its Mission

2011-10-03T14:50:00.000-07:00

Liz Owen, top row, 2nd from left, hangs out with Easterners at the EMS SymposiumEMS Director Mike Trujillo, Clinical Coordinator Ken Rogers and Paramedic Professor Liz owen attended the 16th Annual Educational Symposium and Trade Show Sept. 13-18 in Reno, Nevada. The National Association of EMS Educators (www.naemse.org) puts on the event. Their mission is to "Inspire Excellence in EMS Education

NISOD's International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence

2011-08-26T17:59:00.000-07:00

Once classes ended in May and grades were submitted, I packed my bags and headed to hot and humid Austin, Texas, for NISOD's annual International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence. The conference was inspiring, and I wanted to use this space to share some of the highlights from my experience. This was the first professional conference where I attended one of the preconference

CMC represents at COLTT 2011

2011-08-05T14:25:00.000-07:00

Only with the generous support of CMC’s Professional Development Funds would this trip have been possible. The Southern Graphics Council hosts an annual Printmaking Conference in a different venue every spring. This year, from March 25-29, Colombia College in Chicago and the Art Institute of Chicago put on the conference, partially at the school and

Mobile Learning and Mobile Devices for Healthcare

2009-04-22T17:04:00.000-07:00

Today I attended (e-tended?) an Elluminate sponsored presentation about mobile devices and healthcare--very informative. My reason for doing so was learn more about how such practices inform how these practices realted to nursing and first-responder education. The presenters provided examples of devices that relate to patient care, billing, and continuing ed for healthcare professionals. Key

Colorado E-Portfolios for Your Students?

2009-04-12T19:16:00.001-07:00

The State of Colorado offers all citizens an e-Portfolio. If you want to learn how they are accessed and used, there are three, 4-day online workshops being offered.The first deadline for registration is April 12 at noon (yikes), but there are ones in July and October also. The registration deadlines are usually at noon, a week before the start date.There is no cost for the workshop.Visit and

Adjunct Faculty News

2009-04-06T08:27:00.000-07:00

To follow is the third edition of Adjunct Faculty News. Thanks to all who contributed! The next issue is slated for July 2009./AdjFacNews3%21.pdf

Early Alert Feature in Blackboard and Other Time Savers

2009-04-01T09:13:00.000-07:00

In a nutshell any instructor who has a Blackboard shell can send early alerts to student's CMC email accounts and copy to counselors, etc. These alerts can be sent out at any time (first week of class, mid semester and so on). I currently use the early alert system in all of my face to face classes as blackboard is a major component of the course. I include alerts for missing assignments,

Did you miss the Elluminate Session on Assessment?

2009-03-30T10:43:00.000-07:00

One of the nice things about Elluminate is the ability to view and listen to archived sessions. A few people have written asking for the archive of "New Designs for Assessment" from Friday, March 27th.Here's the link to the Elluminate archive as well as just the slides:http://faculty.ccconline.org/index.php?title=TPD_Webinar_Archive#New_Designs_for_Assessment

CMC Meets in Second Life + Virtual Conference this Weekend

2009-03-27T13:52:00.000-07:00

CMC Avatars: Some of us did meet in SL on March 17th, and we have snapshot to prove it. Second Life continues to develop as an instructional venue -- a discussion is in the works about a shared parcel of land in Second Life for Colorado colleges. More to come soon--I attended the first meeting just last week. March 27 - 29th: There's a conference going on in Second Life about Best

Recording for Second Life Intro

2009-03-12T09:03:00.001-07:00

If you missed the Intro to Second Life session on Elluminate yesterday, you can still view the session as it was recorded.To view the recording, click the link below:Second Life as an Instructional StrategyTo logon, enter your name, skip the password. The recording was made March 10th.Next week we will actually meet in Second Life and the New Media Consortium Oriention. You'll need a Second Life

2009-03-12T08:56:00.000-07:00

CMC and CCCOnline Faculty have the opportunity to share a few workshop offerings, and the current workshop is about online discussions within our class offerings. While some participants are fully online faculty, online discussions can be used with any delivery, and the questioning and rubric sections of this workshop bring value to all discussion practices.We have just been discussing building

Short Video Lectures

2009-03-05T12:19:00.000-08:00

Today's Chronicle has a feature about San Juan CC's creation of video lectures running 1 - 3 minutes in length--lectures that created a very focused frame for presenting key concepts for students.After the creation of the lecture, the students could then be directed to an active learning activity to put the concepts into practice.Here's an example of one presented by an English Comp

Shorten That Long URL w/ TinyURL

2009-02-18T19:06:00.000-08:00

Ever have an awkwardly long URL that you want to share? Here's a script to shorten it or make it a tiny url that can be cut and pasted wherever you intend to use it.Enter a long URL to make tiny: