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The Center
Michelle Pacansky-‐Brock The Center, Community Coordinator
In California, there are 112 community colleges.
They come together in The Center to:
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What is The Center?
A next-‐generation learning community designed to improve communication and increase innovation throughout California’s 112 community colleges.
The CenterFosters community throughout the state, across campuses
Builds relationships between faculty/administrators/staff
Improves collaboration across institutions
Reduces sense of alienation for part-time instructors
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Join the community at: gplus.to/TheCenter
Follow The Center on Twitter @Center_Ed
# Join the Conversation with hashtag #CCCLEARN
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The Center creating more connected educators
Why do you need an online presence?
Recognition Showcase the value of your scholarly activity
Build connections
Providing opportunities for
collaboration and shared learning
Lead by example
Our students also need to build an online presence to stand out from the crowd
Slide Credit: Sue Beckingham @suebecks
Share
Engage
Learn
A professional online presence
gives you wider reach AND bridges to new opportunities
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Building your online presence is an
ongoing iterative process
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The New Social Era
By 2016 20% of large organizations are anticipated to replace phones/email with Facebook-like social networks (Gartner)
92% of executives are on LinkedIn
In 2012, 92% of U.S. companies used social media to recruit talent.
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Connectedness
People need to learn how to connect to new people on a regular basis. No person has all the knowledge needed to work alone in our connected society. Neither does any company. Neither does any government. !!We are all connected AND dependent on each other.
Howard Jarche
Hangouts on Air Live Streaming Video Conversations
Submitted questions load here in a feed.
The moderator addresses
questions and Hangout
participants respond verbally.
• Click and view.!• Ask questions using Google+ or Twitter (#CCCLEARN).
Hangouts on Air Live Streaming Video Conversations
Hangout archives are also shared on @ONE’s YouTube channel.
How The Center Can Support You!Personal, continuous professional development
Build your personal learning network (PLN)
Learn from anywhere
Participatory! Ask questions, volunteer to share in a Hangout!
Refresh your instructional technology skills
Build relationships at campuses across the state and beyond!
Stay current on best practices at institutions beyond your own without traveling
How The Center Can Support You!Institutional professional development
View live Hangouts with a group of colleagues, follow with discussion, share back by summarizing your conversation with our G+ community
Improve the institutional awareness and value of social media as a learning tool
“Flip” PD sessions on campus by having faculty view the archive of a Hangout and attend a discussion/demo of a relevant tool
Leverage Hangout archives as open educational resources in online PD offerings
Spring 2014 Community Survey
The Center
50 Respondents ~22% response rate
How do you follow The Center?
2%
44%
2%
52%
Google+TwitterGoogle+ and TwitterNeither
Are you employed at a CCC?
6%18%
76%
YesNoOther
Which describes your role?
8%2%6%
10%4%18%
52%
CCC FacultyCCC StaffCCC AdminFaculty OtherStaff OtherAdmin OtherOther
The Center improves awareness of innovations occurring on other campuses.
80% Strongly Agreed/
Agreed
The Center improves sharing of ideas across campuses.
78% Strongly Agreed/
Agreed
What is a barrier to your participation in The Center’s activities?
Not interested in the topics
Don't know when live events occur
Don't know how to use Twitter but I want to learn
Don't know how to use Twitter & and I don't want to learn
Don't know where to find the Hangout archives
My schedule
Other
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Share a specific improvement/benefit that has been an outcome of your experiences with The Center.
I have changed the way I respond to student work (using video) as a result of several hangouts and the resulting discussions.
I love the way ideas build on each other in the hangouts, live questions, and later comments in Google+ and on Twitter.
Having a topic active for several days has led me to spend enough time thinking about it to feel comfortable trying something new in my classes. Also, having a channel to share how it went with others encourages me to do it and improve upon it.
With my new awareness of what colleagues at other colleges are doing, I am helping my college to revise our Distance Education policies and training programs. I could go on and on-‐-‐The Center has had a huge impact on my teaching life!
I've been inspired to do more videos and screencasts with my online classes for more instructor presence.
Share a specific improvement/benefit that has been an outcome of your experiences with The Center.
Gained many ideas for my online & hybrid classes from the presentations. It has also confirmed that online teaching can be as interactive if not more than a traditional F2F class. Additionally, these presentations reaffirmed desire to pursue more online opportunities. Thank you.
I have created a personal faculty web page. I have started using new programs like Haiku Deck and introduced new programs to colleagues.
Have found the thoughts of other faculty very helpful to my online teaching and my work with our Committee for Online Learning at Foothill College.
Started a Google Hangout for a campus club meeting. Planning to use for online office hours as well.
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