tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371520092012-01-12T01:23:34.104-08:00The FACTC Blog provides faculty a forum for diverse views on instructional issues related to community and technical colleges in Washington state. For information about FACTC (factc.org), contact Phil Venditti, Clover Park Community College, at phil.venditti@cptc.edu. For information about the FACTC Blog, contact Jennifer Wu, North Seattle Community College at jwu@sccd.ctc.edu. We welcome your feedback and ideas.Jennifer Wuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078684388335322876noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37152009.post-60600844209176417672011-09-15T12:26:00.000-07:002011-09-15T12:26:14.263-07:00

CPTC STUDENT CONTRIBUTES TO NATIONWIDE ONLINE DISCUSSION Lindsey Cassels, student in CPTC's Medical Esthetics Program, joined an instructor in sharing thoughts on open educational resources as part of the two-day 2011 Educause Fall Online Focus Forum. An audience of more than 60 educators from colleges and universities around the United States listened and watched the discussion. Of 16 invited

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This week is the first-ever Choose Privacy Week.  The new civic engagement initiative is launched by the American Library Association to spark a national conversation about privacy rights in a digital age.  The wired world gives us unprecedented access to information, but it also facilitates violation of consumers' rights. Online marketers trade, sell or real-time auction off their customers’

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The following is a concise statement on true student achievement based on tested methods, real-life barriers to success, and the lack of attention being paid to appropriate funding for what we know works in post-secondary education. Memorandum November 11, 2009 To: Jan Yoshiwara, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges From: Lynne Dodson, Chair, AFT Washington Community College

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The Course Redesign Initiative portion of the Student Completion Initiative, has adopted a new name - the “Open Course Library Project.”  This modification seems to connote a more open concept and hopefully conveys a less contentious impression than the previous designation. The SBCTC Student Completion Initiative is a project funded by a $6.5 million grant from the Gates Foundation and Ford

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The State Board of Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) has commissioned a Mission Study Task Force "to examine how well the college system is serving the people of Washington State, identify future needs, and recommend policies and strategies to meet those needs." Four faculty members across the system served on the task force. The mission study is now in the feedback gathering stage.

Jennifer Wuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078684388335322876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37152009.post-80632990792528775642009-02-10T12:53:00.000-08:002009-10-19T19:21:23.621-07:00

Students don't know the fundamentals of grammar. Students in a journalism class correctly answered, on average, less than half the questions on the test. We don't teach grammar, at least in transferable classes. Students should know how to use commas, how to identify run-ons and fragments and how to catch basic grammar errors before they ever get into college.What do you think of the writing

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HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE HEARD BY FACULTY AROUND THE STATE. You're invited to contribute an article to FACTC Focus 2008. Is Student Success the Same as Student Retention?How hard should we try to retain students?Does an emphasis on retention actually improve student achievement? Should colleges be funded based on student retention? What is the best way to retain students without

Jennifer Wuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078684388335322876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37152009.post-54280188267075415812007-11-06T13:40:00.000-08:002009-10-19T19:44:00.724-07:00

Line drawing by Mark Doerr, Spokane Fall Community College Your teaching colleagues across the state have much to say about the omnipresent technology ... Read the newly released FACTC Focus 2007 - Techology: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly to find out what they think. Also compare salaries (page 19-21) at community and technical colleges across the state – full- and part-time faculty and

Jennifer Wuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078684388335322876noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37152009.post-27236208061476293562007-04-10T23:12:00.000-07:002007-04-13T08:56:16.754-07:00

Students across the nation’s campuses have been struggling with the escalating costs of textbooks. A congressional Advisory Committee has opened an investigation. According to a recent study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, textbook prices have nearly tripled over the past 20 years, increasing at twice the rate of general inflation. Cost increases have been mainly driven by

Jennifer Wuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078684388335322876noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37152009.post-13112700290265795642007-03-08T17:48:00.000-08:002007-03-12T11:03:56.594-07:00

Over three years in the planning, the Common Course Numbering implementation plan has finally moved through the councils, commissions, and committees and won its official approval amidst lingering faculty concern and heated debate. Four faculty workshops were conducted between December 2006 and February 2007. The first group of colleges is set to implement the new CCN plan for summer 2007. The

Jennifer Wuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078684388335322876noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37152009.post-7311755683084409112007-03-07T01:00:00.000-08:002007-03-10T02:10:23.019-08:00

The streaming video of the complete program of the K-20 Internet 2 Day (see posts, Jan. 9 & 17) is now available on the Research Channel website.http://www.researchchannel.org/prog/displayseries.aspx?pID=868&fID=2596One of the major challenges of Internet 2 is getting faculty to take advantage of its potential. If you have ideas or questions on how to make the K-20 network work for you, please

Jennifer Wuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078684388335322876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37152009.post-68176488594570250692007-02-05T19:04:00.000-08:002007-02-07T10:14:18.371-08:00

We posted the Common Course Numbering: Pros and Cons last November and received thirteen thoughtful comments on the topic. Since then, councils and faculty task forces have convened. The Instruction Commission will review the CCN Steering Committee's analysis and recommendations at their Feb. 15-16 meeting. Among the recommendations is that a "designator" be assigned to the common courses. If

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Some of you who missed the Internet2 Day event (see post, Jan. 9) have asked about the taped program. It is made available today.Please visit:http://www.researchchannel.org/prog/displayseries.aspx?pID=868&fID=2596Any questions on how to make the K20 network work for you? Contact ConnieMichener, 360.725.5101, conniem@dis.wa.gov, or James Werle, 206.616.8155,jwerle@u.washington.eduhttp://

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Were you among the 200 people who attended Internet2 Day at the University of Washington yesterday? It was worth the time. The target audience of the free half-day event was the education community, but unfortunately very few school teachers and college faculty members were among the audience. Speakers showcased projects by bringing in live presenters and demonstrations from other parts of the

Jennifer Wuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078684388335322876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37152009.post-1164593096114618702006-11-26T18:04:00.000-08:002006-11-29T22:50:08.416-08:00

Photo credit: Washington Learns Final Report: World-Class, Learner Focused, Seamless EducationThe Sad State of Math in Washington StateWashington state is featured in a November article in New York Times as a state where school students fail math. While math has become an increasingly important skill for jobs in Washington, some of the statistics cited in the article or from other state resources

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The Faculty Association of Community and Technical Colleges (FACTC) would like to provide an open forum for expressing a variety of faculty voices and perspectives. According to the October 2006 CCN News, Common Course Numbering is “an effort to identify equivalent community and technical college courses and label them with the same Department/Division Abbreviation, Course Number, and Course

Jennifer Wuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078684388335322876noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37152009.post-1162692562020948282006-11-04T17:31:00.000-08:002007-01-22T15:15:07.678-08:00

The title of the new publication FACTC Focus 2006 is "Quality? - Is It Allowed?" A small number of print copies have been distributed. The online version is forthcoming. The new issue includes the following articles:Shooting in the Dark: Evaluating Distance Learning Instruction by Stephanie Delaney, Highline Community CollegeTrust Who? - Trust and Learning: Crafting a Conversation That Matters by

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