Over the summer, the CTL invested in some new applications and technology supports. First, copies of Adobe Acrobat Professional and an HP Scanner were purchased. The intent in bringing in […]
Last Wednesday a day-long Professional Development event was held in the BCC Dining Area, with about 75 faculty and staff in attendance. The theme for the day was on Assessment, […]
A Seminar with Dr. Stephen Brookfield Wednesday, September 24, 2008 Koussevitzky Arts Center Room 111 3:00 – 5:30pm, followed by a reception “Opening Minds: The Role of Discussion in Fostering […]
If you have a few minutes, this is a very interesting post to read from the Academic Commons. In it, the author — Professor Luke Fernandez of Weber State College […]
Instructors new to technology sometimes think they can simply record their standard 50-minute classroom lecture and put it online. And many are discovering that students tune out way before the […]
As you may know, BCC will be piloting the Chalk and Wire Eportfolio 2 product as part of our ongoing core competency implementation. Just yesterday I successfully input into Eportfolio […]
BCC just finished its first pilot of the Getting Results new faculty training program on May 20th, a six-module, 18 hour course highlighting important instructional topics like classroom community, technology, […]
Dori, Natalie, and Chuck Prescott attended this meeting at UMass Amherst on May 13. There were some excellent presentations on collaborative tools used at Bentley College, Bryant College, and Worcester […]
This is a remarkably hard thing to do. From the meaning of words like “useful,” “reliable,” or “frequent,” up to understanding the “social acceptability” of survey responses. Here are some […]
Our 7 members who are going through the new faculty program called “Getting Results” have now passed the halfway point (3 out of the 6 sessions completed!). Last Friday (4/25), […]
