Open Campus Faculty Bulletin

Volume 3, Summer 2011

New Student Success Blackboard Forum Expands Services to All Online Students by Melanie Clark

The Open Campus Student Success Team has been busy working on our new Student Success Forum Blackboard Learning Community. All students taking Open Campus online courses will now have access to this Community. The Student Success Forum offers a wide variety of service, support and opportunities for connection for students taking online courses, including survival tips, academic success strategies, student ambassador blogs, faculty interviews, and contacts for Open Campus student success staff. Our team is excited about this opportunity for increased engagement with our students.

We encourage all Open Campus faculty to include an announcement with instructions on how to access this new student resource at the beginning of each term. We believe that with increased student engagement in this online community, you will see benefits in your classrooms! Contact the Student Success Center staff for a script you can post as an Announcement.

The Student Success Center team is: Melanie Clark, Associate Dean of Student Success; Kathleen Dobson, Instructional Program Coordinator; Keri Dozier, Developmental Education Advisor; and Lori Atkinson, Advisor. We can all be reached at 904.632.5070. Please contact us with any comments or suggestions.

Blackboard Tip of the Month: Creating a Timed Assignment By Amy Moore

1. Go into the content area in which you‘d like to create the

assignment.

2. Click the button marked ―Evaluate‖ and select ―Create

Assignment‖ from the drop-down.

3. Name and describe your assignment in the fields provided.

4. Scroll down to ―Availability‖ and click the check boxes next to

―Display After‖ and Display Until,‖ and then select the date

range during which you‘d like the assignment to be available

to students.

Click the image to link to a

video tutorial on this topic.

Save the Date! Helpful Links

A12, B8, C4 Classes End:

July 31

End of Summer Term:

August 26

Collegewide Fall Convocation:

September 9

Open Campus Convocation: TBA

Blackboard 9 Grade Center

Tutorials

Student Tutorials

Academic Calendar

Enriching Teaching

Jana Kooi has been a Campus President at Pima Community

College in Tucson, Arizona, since 1991. Since 2009, she has

served as the President of the Northwest Campus, the youngest

campus in the district. During her tenure, campus enrollment

has grown almost 25% each year. She also established key

relationships and credibility of the campus in the community and

fostered an innovative training partnership with the Pascua

Yaqui tribe. Kooi moved to the Northwest Campus from the

Community Campus as an opportunity to turn the young

campus into an innovative showcase for the College.

Prior to the Northwest Campus, Kooi served as the President of

the Community Campus for 18 years.

An Introduction to Jana Kooi, Incoming Open Campus President

She was brought to Pima Community College to build an innovative distance and workforce

education program. Kooi built a comprehensive competency-based distance education program

that now has more than 50,000 students annually and includes comprehensive student services.

She led in the development of the institution‘s first virtual college, including the creation of a

Center for Learning Technologies to develop and support online learning. Kooi also developed a

fully online post-baccalaureate teacher certification program to address the K-12 teacher

shortage. She also guided and managed the development and rapid growth (15,000 enrollments)

of the Public Safety and Emergency Services Institute that trained all law enforcement, fire

department, paramedic, and EMT personnel for the County.

Additionally, Kooi built a dynamic business development enterprise that provides customized

contract training throughout the country. She was a founding Board Member of Global Corporate

College, a national group of community colleges whose purpose is to close the national talent gap

in the US by providing a nationwide system of training services. She also developed and

implemented a nationally recognized Industry Training Credit Approval Process (ITCAP) model to

confer college credit for mastery of industry-standard certifications -- cited as a ―Best Practice‖ by

Microsoft Education and Certification. ITCAP generates approximately $1,000,000 annual

revenue and has served more than 55,000 students in 38 states.

While at the Community Campus, Kooi partnered with the Tohono O'odham Nation to establish

Tohono O'odham Community College from start-up to independent accreditation.

At both Campuses, Kooi improved organizational systems to support staff development, resource

leveraging, service delivery, human resource management and program and funding

development.

Prior to Pima Community College, Kooi served as the Associate Vice President for External

Academic Affairs and Associate Dean, both at Triton College in River Grove Illinois. She has

extensive teaching experience from GED and Developmental Education courses through

Supervision/Management and Business Writing for industry.

Kooi is currently the President-elect for the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)

President's Academy Executive Committee (PAEC) and has been an Executive Board Member

since 2006. Formerly she served on the AACC Commission on Economic and Workforce

Development and the National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs.

Locally, she is a member of the Arizona STEM Education Center Advisory Committee and is

active in the local Chambers of Commerce. She received the YMCA Women on the Move Award

in 1995 and was named one of the "Women of Influence" by Inside Tucson Business in 2004.

Kooi earned a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership from Western Michigan University and a

Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education and Communications from Calvin College in Grand

Rapids, Michigan.

I have been teaching online since 1992 BW (before the web). For me, discussion is where class happens. I have several of these each week: one is to engage the learners in the topic of the week and the other is to engage the students with the textbook and multimedia materials. In order to get students started early, I offer bonus points for the one who starts the discussion first. Students are also encouraged to contribute to the weekly topics with photos of their materials and workspace as well as links that they find that are pertinent to the topics at hand.

My courses include SLS classes and Basic Writing at FSCJ, as well as Instructional Technology for Education Majors at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Or. I also teach a Faculty Development course at Texas State in the summer. This is a one-week institute called TIDE: Technology Institute for Developmental Educators. It is now in its twelfth year.

Exceptional Faculty Profile—Lucy MacDonald

I am also the founder of the howtostudy site www.howtostudy.org. This student-centered site provides learning strategies from time management to test anxiety. It also organizes the learning strategies by discipline areas and includes writing strategies for each discipline. Students can interact with other students by sharing their hints and tips with other students in writing a review. They can remain anonymous or be famous. I read all reviews and edit as needed. Students can add their instructor‘s email, so their reviews can be used as an assignment. Tutor trainers can also have tutors review the learning and writing strategies in their discipline area.

I love teaching online, reading mysteries and visiting my grandchildren in Australia.

Lucy can be reached at lmacdona@fscj.edu.

Open Campus Updates: Welcome to Our New Staff!

Lori Atkinson, Advisor II

Lori Atkinson has a B.A. in English from UNF. She has taught American Sign Language to high school students and English, Writing, and Literature to homeschool students. She has two adult daughters and is still raising an energetic teenaged boy. Lori has worked extensively as an Administrative Assistant and has experience as a newspaper writer. Here at FSCJ Lori provides Academic Advising assistance and referral to all of our Open Campus students. No call or question is too small or too big. Lori is also involved with designing and creating student success resources for our students through face-to-face workshops and online Blackboard community options.

Katherine Martin, Project Coordinator

Katherine Martin is the Academic and Student Success Group Coordinator for the Open Campus, where she helps Open Campus advance its many projects. Katherine is currently completing her active role in the College‘s Higher Level Leadership Program and her term as Vice President of the Career Employee Council. She has an Associate‘s degree in Graphic Design and is actively pursuing her Bachelor‘s degree in Fine Arts/Graphic Design Track at the University of North Florida. She has been in the College for 11 years and has worked at the Advanced Technology Center and South Campus before joining Open Campus in May. Ms. Martin is married to her High School Sweetheart and has a dog named Bella.

John Weber, Instructional Designer

John Weber, newly hired instructional designer, grew up in Southern California and Washington state. He attended Western Washington University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Chemistry. John later pursued an online master's degree in Instructional Systems from Florida State University, where he completed his degree in 2009. John and his wife Betsy live at Lake Asbury, near Middleburg, Florida, with three dogs, three cats, and a bird. They enjoy hiking, jet-skiing, and taking trips to the Georgia mountains. As an instructional designer for the Open Campus, John can help faculty and staff create engaging, interactive, and motivating courses for online delivery.

Dr. Barbara Yankowy, E-Learning Project Coordinator

Barbara Yankowy received her doctorate in higher education

administration from the University of Florida in May, 2011. As E-Learning Coordinator, Barbara will be working on distance learning-related projects and initiatives. She will also serve as a liaison for new and current faculty and can help others by answering faculty- and course-related questions. One of her daily goals is to inspire and make a positive impact on others. Her passions are education, music, and traveling. Her favorite traveling hot spots are New York City, Europe, and Bermuda.

A Message from Interim President, Dr. Sheri Litt

We are pleased to share with you an exciting new program that will be launched fall term. The Exceptional Faculty Experience will engage faculty who call Open Campus ―their campus‖ despite where they reside. This ―experience‖ will provide an environment that combines inspiring and motivating online support and state of the art resources in order to maximize educational quality. Recruiting and hiring, orientating, mentoring, learning, networking, evaluating, assessing and broadening responsibilities are just a few of the areas that we will feature.

While the program will officially launch during fall term, you may have already noticed some improvements. I‘d like to take a moment to point these out. The faculty newsletter, designed and edited by Amy Moore, Social Media Coordinator, weekly media messages and faculty sur-vey by Dr. Jose Fierro, Associate Dean, and the first faculty and student awards ceremony, the OC Awards, just to name a few. If you liked these, I am certain you will love what‘s to come. The diagram below provides a snapshot of the themes. Click the image below for a full video explanation.

Did You Know?

Open Campus Has a New Entryway!

(Click image to see a slideshow)

High-Tech Corner: Chatting with Guest Experts by Dr. Julie Giuliani

Talking with a nationally recognized author is easier than you think. Recently, Open Campus had the privilege of conversing with Dr. Lee Bolman, co-author of Reframing Academic Leadership, via Skype. Skype, a free internet tool, enabled faculty and staff to see, hear and address questions to Dr. Bolman during a 60-minute interview. Dr. Bolman discussed both realistic and practical strategies to help leaders adapt more easily to demanding, fast-changing, circumstances. Viewing complex situations from multiple perspectives-structural, human resources, political and symbolic-was cited as being at the very heart of academic leadership. Beyond engaging virtually with Dr. Bolman, participants also discovered creative ways to use Skype in their classroom and/or department.

Click the following link to find an informative Skype tutorial. To view and listen to the Dr. Lee Bolman interview, please click the link containing his name.

We in the Digital Media Education and Training Department are delighted to announce that we have a new Online Course Syllabus available!

Some of the innovative features include:

A User-Friendly and Visually Appealing Layout

A Warm Introduction Page to Students

A Convenient Interactive Table of Contents

New Important Topics such as Blackboard

Supported Browsers and Recommendations for Success in This Course

Official Learning Outcomes from Course Outline

An Expanded User-Friendly Calendar of

Activities that displays Week, Learning Outcomes, Lessons and Assignments and Due Dates in a Color-Coded Chart

New Online Course Syllabus Being Made Available to Faculty by Floyd Ballard

In addition to our new Online Course Syllabus Word Template file, we have also created an innovative Online Course Syllabus Training document that has eight 1-2 minute to the point Training videos on how to use our new Online Course Syllabus! You probably will not need to view all eight Training videos, but they are included for your convenience. Our new Instructional Designer, John Weber, will be maintaining and keeping our Online Course Syllabus Word Template up-to-date every semester.

Feel free to contact John if you have any questions – jweber@fscj.edu. To access our Online Course Syllabus Training document, click here. To access and download our Online Course Syllabus Word Template file, click here. Let us know how you and your students like our new Syllabus! We love feedback.

First Annual OC Awards a Success!

The first annual Open Campus ―OC‖ Faculty and

Student Awards were held April 28th, and all who

participated joined in calling it a huge success. Held at

the Urban Resource Center in downtown

Jacksonville, the OC Awards hosted faculty,

students, and their families for a fun-filled reception

with cake, snacks, and lots of accolades of course!

The ceremony was also broadcast online via Skype

so faculty and students from all over the country could

participate.

Of the awards, Professor Jerry Shawver said, ―That was probably one of the most special

moments in my teaching career, and I owe it to your shared vision and desire to host such an

event. Whether professors share this or not, events like these motivate us to continue with the

hard work and effort behind the scenes to make these courses the best they can be.‖

Student Julie Worden-Allen says ―This award tells me ‗I can.‘ Many times the course load is

overwhelming and staying focused takes a willingness to succeed. The professor who nominated

me believes that I can do difficult course work, even when I lack confidence. I will surely hang it

proudly over my desk.‖ Please join us in congratulating all of our amazing student and faculty

awardees!

When I came to Open Campus a few months

ago, I was very interested in meeting the faculty.

Given the fact that we have faculty members in

over 36 states, getting to know everyone wasn‘t

as easy as taking a walk down the hallway to

someone's office and introducing myself.

Therefore, I decided to send out a short survey to

get to know the Open Campus faculty a bit better.

The survey contained 10 basic but very

meaningful questions.

As I predicted, the survey results showed that

Open Campus faculty members are highly

qualified to teach their subjects and care deeply

about Florida State College and our students.

Because many of you haven't met your

coworkers, I would like to give you a brief

overview of the results so you are aware of the

caliber of educators of which this group is

comprised.

The Truth about Open Campus Faculty by Dr. Jose Fierro

Please click the image on the upper right to access the final results of the survey. Here, you will

find an incredible number of fascinating facts about you and your colleagues! Again, thank you

for your dedication and commitment to Florida State College Open Campus.

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Questions or comments? E-mail ammoore@fscj.edu or call 904-632-3115

Who You Gonna Call?

Blackboard 9 & Course Shells—Floyd Ballard 904.632.3258

Faculty & Student Concerns—Jose Fierro 904.357.8933

Syllabi/Course Readiness—Cindy McNally 904.632.5055

Testing & Assessment—Carl Jowers 904.632.5020

Social Networks & Lifestyle Integration—Amy Moore 904.632.3115

Schedules/Textbook Adoption—Bea Harrison 904.632.3126

Virtual Student Learning Center—Keri Dozier 904.632.3149

IRM (Contracts/Pay)—Teresa Dickerson 904.632.3119

Overrides—Cindy McNally 904.632.5055

Appeals—Linda Ludwig 904.632.3044

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