Open Resources: English faculty

Una Daly has invited you to the event 'CCCOER Feb Webinar: Writing Commons - An Open Textbook Community for College-Level Writers' on College Open Textbooks Community! Don't miss this webinar focused on open education resources for college-level English Composition!   Time: February 28, 2012 from 9am to 10:30am Location: online Pacific Time Zone Organized By: Una Daly, CCCOER Outreach Manager Event Description: Writing Commons provides free access to an award-winning college textbook that was initially published by a major publisher. Why should we ask students to pay $100 for a textbook when we can provide them with a free real-time resource like WritingCommons.Org? Writing Commons aspires to be a community for writers, a creative learning space for students in courses that require college-level writing, and a creative, interactive space for teachers to share resources and pedagogy. Come hear Joe Moxley, (who directs First-Year Composition Program at the University of South Florida, which was awarded the 2011/12 Certificate of Excellence by NCTE) founder and "Chief Executive of Openness," on the mission of Writing Commons Karen Langbehn, Social Pedagogy Editor, will discuss the comprehensive writing resources available for students and teachers Quentin Vieregge, Managing Editor, will share how interested writers can make contributions to The Commons Katelin Kaiser, an undergraduate student, will reflect on the benefits she sees with an open and free composition book such as Writing Commons  More Info on Writing Commons: The core text of Writing Commons is a derivative work of College Writing Online, originally published by Pearson in 2003 and a recipient of the 2004 Distinguished Book Award by Computers and Composition: an International Journal. Thanks to our distinguished editorial board and review editors, Writing Commons seeks to further develop the site via peer production and peer review. By working collaboratively, we aspire to develop a new kind of writing textbook, a textbook not written by a single author in the “old-school” way but by us, by a crowd of people, with common goals and uncommon knowledge, who believe in a new genre for textbooks We are developing a new genre of the writing textbook, a resource not written by a single author but by a crowd of people--an interactive, co-authored, and peer-produced resource that can be easily edited and that is readily accessible on the phone, PDA, or netbook of the ever-changing needs of any college-level writer. This interactivity allows WritingCommons.org to use multimedia learning tools to reach the next generation of learners: students learn by doing, especially via media-rich environments. See more details and RSVP on College Open Textbooks Community: http://collegeopentextbooks.ning.com/events/event/show?id=2233548%3AEvent%3A44657&xgi=28dTUDTMgrwtnv&xg_source=msg_invite_event Use Voice over IP or Dial in available at Phone:(888) 886-3951 Passcode: 204829 PARTICIPANT CONFERENCE FEATURES *0 - Contact the operator for audio assistance *6 - Mute/unmute your individual line PRIOR TO YOUR FIRST CCC CONFER MEETING Test Your Computer Readiness FOR ASSISTANCE CCC Confer Client Services - Monday - Friday between 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Phone: 760-744-1150 ext 1537 or 1554 Email: clientservices@cccconfer.org

Math - Remediation as Remedy

From Bill Moore, Policy Associate, SBCTC:

I expect many of you are already familiar with Jack Rotman’s work with AMATYC and his blog as well, but I was particularly struck by his comments on “Remediation as Remedy” (as well as Mike Rose’s blog post “Smithsonian of Basic Skills,” which is referenced in Jack’s posting), so I thought I’d pass it along FYI just in case you hadn’t had a chance to see it. Both postings are provocative discussion-starters and very relevant to the work we’re doing in the Re-Thinking Precollege Math project…

Bill

Campus Security Report and Clery Statistics

Washington State Community and Technical Colleges combined report on Campus Safety and Security, as submitted to the state Legislature in December of 2010.

NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop for Community College Faculty

The deadline for our upcoming NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop for Community College Faculty, entitled "African-American History & Culture in the Georgia Lowcountry: Savannah & The Coastal Islands, 1750-1950" is drawing near. 

Applications for our NEH program must be post-marked no later than March 1st, 2012 to be considered.

Two identical week-long workshop sessions are available, the first from June 10-16, 2012, and the second from June 17-23, 2012. The workshops are free of charge and participants will receive a $1200 stipend to offset expenses. Full-time, part time, and adjunct community college humanities faculty may apply.

Through a combination of course readings, scholarly lectures, landmark site visits (to Sapelo Island, Ossabaw Island, and other Historic Savannah Landmark District sites), community presentations, guided tours, and research at GHS's Library and Archives, participants will be engaged in a scholarly dialogue focused on examining the centrality of place in the urban and rural African-American experience in Georgia's Lowcountry and the larger Atlantic world.

For more information about workshop objectives and activities, please visit the Georgia Historical Society's Landmarks website at ghslandmarks.wordpress.com, or contact the Program Coordinator, Charles Snyder, by phone at 912.651.2125 x.140, or by e-mail at csnyder@georgiahistory.com.

Please forward this e-mail to any colleagues you think might be interested in the program.

Project funding provided by: The National Endowment for the Humanities

 Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Georgia Historical Society (GHS) is the premier independent statewide institution responsible for collecting, examining and teaching Georgia history. GHS houses the oldest and most distinguished collection of materials related exclusively to Georgia history in the nation. www.georgiahistory.com

Opportunity for Faculty Development: American History, War of 1812

Deadline has been extended...to March 7th.

The National Endowment for the Humanities and the Creative Learning Factory at the Ohio Historical Society are seeking Summer Scholars to participate in NEH Landmarks in American History workshops on the War of 1812 in the Great Lakes and Western Territories. Community College faculty are eligible to participate.

The application deadline has been extended to March 7, 2012.

Participants will have the opportunity to visit prominent sites from the war and explore diverse aspects of the conflict with renowned scholars like Alan Taylor, Andrew Cayton, David Skaggs, Gregory Dowd, Susan Sleeper-Smith, and others. Faculty will lead the group through the various social, political, cultural, military, and economic components of the war from its origins through its aftermath. Topics will include the nature of the military and naval conflict, the role of Native Americans, the degree to which the conflict should be seen as a Civil War, as well as the war’s broader political and social dimensions. We will tour several prominent historical sites in this key borderlands region, including Fort Meigs, Perry’s Victory and International Peace Monument, and the River Raisin Battlefield. The workshop is timed for the bicentennial of the conflict and is designed to help provide resources and knowledge for Community College faculty who teach this period of United States history. The broader perspective that we will take would also make it suitable for those who teach western civilization, world or Atlantic history, or history-related fields like anthropology, American studies, war and peace studies, or Native American studies.

These workshops will be offered July 22-27, 2012 and August 5-10, 2012 in Toledo, Ohio, a city in the heart of the war’s narrative. There is no fee to participate in this program and all participants will receive a $1,200 stipend to help defray travel and lodging expenses.

Go to www.1812landmarkscollege.org for more information and to learn how to learn how to participate. Applications are due March 7th!

Please also feel free to contact me with any questions,

Betsy Hedler, Ph.D.

Project Coordinator

The War of 1812 in the Northwest

NEH Landmarks of American History

Ohio Historical Society

800 E. 17^th Ave. (new street address)

Columbus, OH 43211

614-297-2538

Fax: 614-297-2567

ehedler@ohiohistory.org

www.1812landmarkscollege.org

Legislative News Related to Higher Education in WA State

Keep up with news and happenings related to Washington’s community and technical colleges during the 2012 session with SBCTC Legislative News.

If you see last week’s edition, refresh your browser [F5].

OpenStax open, free textbooks

From the OpenStax website:
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