Monthly Archives: January 2010

New Assignment: AQIP Strategy

College Service/Committees

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.

Presentation: Blogs- Professor’s Best Friend

College Service/Committees, Presentations, Professional Development

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!

Presentation: Future of LMS’s

College Service/Committees, Presentations, Professional Development

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.

Channel 6: Car Sales Numbers for 2009

Community Service, TV

Did an interview with WLNS Channel 6 today. The December & full year 2009 car sales numbers came out. Not really a surprise that 2009 was uuuu-ggglly, but there are some bright spots. GM’s Oct-Nov-Dec trend for the 4 brands it’s keeping are positive. And Ford rocks. I think it looks cautiously optimistic for the state for this year, barring no more problems in the national economy (a tall order). Fun part of this interview was we did via telephone and they broadcast it as voice-over some file footage of me.

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