Jim Luke [teaching]

Interview yesterday with WLNS, Channel 6 News about the recent upswing in auto sales both nationally and locally, and how what it means for the future of the Michigan economy for 2012.

I helped organize and present at the LCC Professional Development Day, 2012.My short presentation on the LCC Strategic Challenges Project led into a 3 -hour discussion among all full-time faculty, academic leadership, and the entire Executive Leadership Team.  Feedback indicates it was very successful.

Malartu, Inc, the non-profit I helped start (separate from any LCC activities and on my own time), has gotten some national recognition. (the picture is stock photo, not me).

Economics Professor Starts Designing Tools for Faculty That Meet Their Needs

By Tanya Roscorla

on November 21, 2011 Policy

While vendors make plenty of technology platforms and services that serve students, most of them don’t meet professors’ needs, according to the experience of Jim Luke, an economics professor from Lansing College.

They require a major time investment and make professors’ jobs harder, he said.

“Just in 10 years the amount of time and work it takes to be a good teacher has just really skyrocketed, and a good bit of it is because of the software and the systems. They are not friendly and easy to use.”

While billions of dollars pour into campus enterprise technology and services for students, few people look at the teacher’s job. And few people create tools for teachers that they need.

For these reasons, Luke decided to start a nonprofit called Malartu Inc. While projects exist in the early stages, he hopes that the tools he envisions will help professors be more productive and effective.

I attended the Higher Learning Conference  (HLC) in Chicago, IL as one of the representatives for Lansing Community College, April 9-13, 2011.

At LCC Professional Development days for all full-time faculty on Jan 12-13, I will be introducing the new PQIP, the Program Quality Improvement Process.  PQIP is the successor to PRESS, Program Review and Evaluation Self Study.  The new PQIP process is still a work-under-development, but it’s ready for expanded faculty input.  PQIP and the new LCC360 Data Dashboard will be the primary focus of the day and a half PD days.  I’ll post the link to the presentations soon.

To download my presentations in Powerpoint format, click here. All three presentations are in one file, separated by blank slides.

Another interview for WLNS Channel 6 news yesterday.  We discussed a prominent market research report that predicts market share gain for the Big 3 automakers and what impact $4.00 a gallon gas might have on them.

Teaching at Lansing Community College, Spring 2011:

Online:

• Econ 202 Principles of Macro – two sections CRN’s 80656 and 80657 on ANGEL
• Econ 260 Comparative Economic Systems – section 80666 on ANGEL
• Econ 120 Power, Authority, and Exchange – section 80637 on ANGEL

Hybrid:   no hybrids this term

Face-to-face Lecture:

• Econ 202 Principles of Macro – section 80663, Tues-Thurs at 10am, A&S 167
• Econ 202 Principles of Macro – section 80664, Tues-Thurs at 2pm, A&S 167
• Econ 202 Principles of Macro – section 80665, Tues-Thurs at 6pm, Gannon 185 (starts Feb 1)

Participated in a panel discussion about tax cuts and the state of Michigan budget issues on cable station HOM-TV’s Online show hosted by Jo Anne Paul. The Dec 16th episode. Video available here (requires Microsoft Silverlight).

Interviewed for Channel 6 evening news about the compromise between Congress and White House on extending the Bush and Obama tax cuts.

Talked with Channel 6 about today’s repriced General Motors Initial Public Offering.  See the video:
WLNS-TV Channel 6- 16 Nov 2010-GM-IPO-Repricing