ISSN 1541-2806
Volume 3 Issue 4 - May 2004

Sloan Consoritum

A Letter from the Editors of the Sloan-C View, 2

News, 2
League Members with programs listed in the Sloan-C Catalog

Overview of the League for Innovation, 3

League Effective Practices & Events, 4
League Members' EPs and upcoming League events

ALN Principles of Blended Environments, 5
Excerpt from a team response in the Sloan-C Online Research Workshop, Spring 2004

Summer 2004 Sloan-C Online Learning Research Workshop, 7
Registration is now open!

Hot Off the Blog, 8
The first appearance of a new View column by Ray Schroeder on news and research in online learning

Reviews of League Publications, 8

Call for Papers, 4
Sloan-C ALN Conference: Paper proposals deadline extended to May 16, 2004.

Calendar, 9
Upcoming events in Online Education

Newsletter Registration

 

 

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The League for Innovation in the Community College


Cynthia Wilson,
Vice President, Learning and Research
League for Innovation in the Community College

 
League for Innovation in the Community College logo

For all of its 36-year history, the League has focused on finding and sharing with the field successful, innovative practices and programs at community colleges. Using distribution methods such as print and digital publications, conferences and institutes, project seminars and reports, and in-service keynotes and workshops, the League has featured countless innovations contributing to student and organizational success. Continuing that long tradition, the League is now using the power of technology to create an asynchronous learning network that pulls together resources from all the various media the League has used in the past into a single, powerful, media-rich, online resource bank called the Innovation Stream, or iStream.

iStream logo Developed in partnership with Seattle Community College’s SCCtv, iStream provides access to a variety of content, including Macromedia Flashpaper or Adobe PDF versions of all League publications, including the LENs faculty development program. The online conference included in iStream is a repository of video-streamed keynote addresses and other presentations from the

League’s Conference on Information Technology, Innovations conference, and other gatherings. Keynote speakers include nationally recognized figures such as Senator Edward Kennedy and Kweisi Mfume, and leaders in the community college field such as Kay McClenney and Terry O’Banion.

League Radio, hosted by League President and CEO Mark David Milliron, features interviews with national leaders in community college education, including community college CEOs Sandford S. Shugart, Walter Bumphus, Alice Villadsen, and Mary Spilde. Several forums—League TLC, CCTI, and SAIL—are already live on iStream, and additional discussion groups, online events, and interactive capabilities are being developed.

The interactive features of iStream allow users to join a community of learners in asynchronous discussions of topics that interest community college educators, to share successful strategies and practices with colleagues around the world, and to seek solutions to problems and challenges colleges and their members face. As professional development resources for faculty, staff, and administrators, iStream’s publications and presentations also provide a wealth of information and ideas for educators and staff. One of the highlights of the professional development resources is the LENs faculty development program. This six-module program was designed by and for faculty and can be used as independent study or as a series of workshops. The modules, workshop materials, and facilitator guide are accessible through iStream, and a LENs facilitator training program is available through Humber College.

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