Jim Luke [teaching]

I participated as part of LCC’s team at the Higher Learning Commission – AQIP Strategy Forum in Chicago, May 12-14, 2010.

After over two years of learning more about e-portfolios than I ever expected, the E-portfolio Ad Hoc Task Force’s work at LCC is complete. I think.  We made final recommendations to the Provost to implement RosEvaluation system from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (with a couple of caveats).  For more details, contact me.

I completed (finally) the development of a website for the LCC College-Wide Assessment Committee.  It’s at: http://lcccwac.wordpress.com/

We’re looking at bringing the hosting of the site in-house.

I presented a peek at my Principles of Econ online courses at the CTE workshop “Online Course Demos” on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, along with Jean Lynch-Brandon. The session was well attended with approx. 25 other faculty and administrators in attendance.

Lansing Community College is part of AQIP, the Academic Quality Improvement Process.  AQIP is an alternative process for accreditation through the Higher Learning Commission.  The traditional approach involves an intensive, on-site review and comparison to prescriptive criteria by reviewers every 7-10 years.  AQIP calls for creating continuous quality improvement processes and reviewing progress/status with other AQIP schools each year.

Each AQIP  school has a Strategy team that leads the process.  I am pleased and excited that the Provost of LCC, Stephanie Shanblatt, has asked me to participate on the LCC team.  It should be a lot of work, but fun for me also.  In some ways, it’s like going back to my previous career as a strategic planning and technology systems consultant.

LCC is going to hire a replacement for Bruce McCrea in Economics.  Bruce retired and can’t really be replaced, but we’ll try.  I am on the search committee.

I presented on “Blogs: A Professor’s Best Friend” to LCC faculty as part of LCC’s Professional Development Days. A copy of the powerpoint is here. I have an .mp3 file of the audio here. Both are unedited. I’m planning to edit and combine them into a flash presentation that I’ll post to my new blog at eproph.wordpress.com.

The description was:

Blogs are a professor’s best friend. Free and easy to use, blogs can save you time while you keep course materials current, distribute your workload, and freshen-up your teaching portfolio or vitae. Come to this session to learn how to use and create your own blogs!

I presented on “Beyond Angel: The Future of LMS’s” to LCC faculty as part of LCC’s Professional Development Days. A copy of the powerpoint is here. I have an .mp3 file of the audio here. Both are unedited. I’m planning to edit and combine them into a flash presentation that I’ll post to my new blog at eproph.wordpress.com.

The description was:

Web 2.0 technologies and open source software are changing the world of learning management systems. Schools are moving beyond ANGEL/Blackboard and using Moodle, Sakai, Blogs, Wiki’s, Second Life and more. Learn about what’s possible today and discuss what tomorrow might bring.

Spoke to Jill Reglin’s Writing class about “Is the Recession Over?”.  A copy of the presentation is available at:
Powerpoint File

MP3 audio of the lecture itself

It’s in powerpoint format (ppt).  If you don’t have Microsoft Powerpoint, download OpenOffice from the “Free Software” page link at the top of this page. OpenOffice is free and will open Powerpoint, Word, and Excel documents.

I made a presentation to LS Division faculty at Fall 2009 Kick-off meeting about online books.  I shared our experience in Econ with the Taylor book and looked at different publishers’ strategies, as well as student concerns. Presentation here.