Hello fellow SACC members, I'm wondering if any of you who are going to the SAA meetings in Honolulu (April 3-7) are interested in having some kind of informal...
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Tim Sullivan
sullivan.tim19
Mar 17, 2013 1:51 am
Laura: I am now beginning to prepare for our business meeting in Austin. Our Spring Break is just now starting and I have a bit of time to think. I wonder if...
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Lloyd Miller
lloyd.miller@...
Mar 17, 2013 3:06 pm
Hi Dianne, I'll help however you need me too. Lloyd ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Linda Light
ldlight10
Mar 17, 2013 3:34 pm
Dianne, I can chair a session! Linda ________________________________ From: Lloyd Miller <lloyd.miller@...> To: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday,...
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Frank, Rebecca E.
refrank05
Mar 17, 2013 4:50 pm
Hi Dianne, I can chair a session if you are still looking for people. Best, Rebecca Frank From:...
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Philip Stein
phil3900
Mar 17, 2013 5:43 pm
Here is a very interesting article on MOOCs from the latest issue of Nature. Online learning: Campus 2.0 ...
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Laura Gonzalez
lauratgonzalez
Mar 17, 2013 6:12 pm
Hi Tim, That is a very interesting idea. I like it. I think it would be a good idea for us to take a stand. I wonder if we need to get "approval"; from the AAA,...
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Laura Gonzalez
lauratgonzalez
Mar 17, 2013 6:30 pm
Phil, This is a good article, thanks for sharing it. There is a lot of food for thought here. It seems to me that MOOCs are supporting the self-starters and...
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Laura Gonzalez
lauratgonzalez
Mar 17, 2013 6:31 pm
Sorry, I think we meant to have this discussion off-list… :P Laura On Mar 17, 2013, at 11:12 AM, Laura Gonzalez wrote: Hi Tim, That is a very interesting...
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Tim Sullivan
sullivan.tim19
Mar 17, 2013 8:24 pm
Maybe. I will check this coming week. Thanks, Tim Timothy L. Sullivan, Ph.D. Professor of Anthropology Richland College 12800 Abrams Rd. Dallas, TX 75243 ...
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Andrew Petto
ajpetto
Mar 17, 2013 8:25 pm
Here is another one relevant to CCs: http://campustechnology.com/articles/2012/12/03/community-colleges-try-moocs-in-blended-courses.aspx My thoughts on...
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Kip Waldo
kipandfei
Mar 18, 2013 1:14 am
I am reading the commentary on the current direction of education with interest and have involved in this for a while in California. Thanks much. I was...
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Kip Waldo
kipandfei
Mar 18, 2013 2:20 am
What is happening in California is a full-on assault on the community colleges. Amidst the enormous budget cuts we have faces, he accreditation process is...
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Philip Stein
phil3900
Mar 18, 2013 2:34 am
Right on! I have always considered objectives and outcomes in my teaching, but it was a personal thing between and my students. My objection to SLOs--and I...
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Ann Bragdon
annbrag...
Mar 18, 2013 3:00 am
This sounds like a good discussion to develop at our meeting in Austin . In Texas the entire "core curriculum" is being "re-vamped". We are spending hours...
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Bob Muckle
canadianarch...
Mar 18, 2013 3:26 am
Kip, and others interested in beer: I did tweet about the NYT article when it first appeared some days ago. It has a great graphic, but there really isn't...
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Andrew Petto
ajpetto
Mar 18, 2013 4:12 am
Yeah, really. It is the graphic that is WAY cool. Anj ... -- Andrew J Petto, PhD Senior Lecturer Department of Biological Sciences University of Wisconsin --...
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Wies, Jennifer
jennifer.wies
Mar 18, 2013 2:31 pm
Crafting Undergraduate Anthropology Programs for Today and Tomorrow's World: The relevance of Boas and the Four-field Approach Call for papers: We are inviting...
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Tim Sullivan
sullivan.tim19
Mar 18, 2013 5:28 pm
Bob et al: I am sure you saw the article about the biologist in East Texas who has 'identified Sasquatch (or our local Boggy Creek critter or whatever) DNA,'...
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dianne.chidester@...
Mar 18, 2013 5:47 pm
Wonder if there's such a thing as "sas-squash?" It could be a really big pumpkin! I've got a great recipe for "Three Sisters' Casserole!" -- Dianne From:...
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dianne.chidester@...
Mar 18, 2013 6:00 pm
Thank you, volunteers! I'm still putting the final touches on the program and will let you know your responsibilities. Thank you so much for your help! ...
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Bob Muckle
canadianarch...
Mar 18, 2013 6:08 pm
Oh yeah, I've been all over that Sasquatch DNA saga. Fortunately, a lot of DNA specialists and biological anthropologists have been all over it as well. Bad...
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frank lagana
frank11217
Mar 18, 2013 6:30 pm
... What irritated me most about SLOs was that they were usually mandated by administrators who had never stood in front of a classroom themselves and had no...
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Mark Lewine
krameniwel
Mar 19, 2013 12:44 am
Frank! SLO’s????? Once we use these corporate symbols as if they are “rubrics” (a list of corporate normative symbols and standards that the workers...
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Anthropmor
anthropmor@...
Mar 19, 2013 1:59 pm
In addition a "Student Success" plan has been pushed through - with a focus on "core classes" that guarantees a transfer to the California State University...
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Mark Lewine
krameniwel
Mar 19, 2013 4:38 pm
This “Student Success” phrase is another corporate brand that was pushed out into the standardized national education scene by the Gates Foundation a few...
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frank lagana
frank11217
Mar 19, 2013 7:01 pm
... -- Something very similar is also going on at the City University of NY; it's called "Pathways";. Same general strategy; reduce the number of hours in ...
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frank lagana
frank11217
Mar 19, 2013 7:03 pm
... -- *Keep an open mind - but not so open that your brains fall out.* [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Ninivaggi, Cynthia
ninivaggic
Mar 19, 2013 7:55 pm
Mark, do you keep an education blog? If you do I'd love to follow it. Great points here. ... From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On...
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Mark Lewine
krameniwel
Mar 19, 2013 8:12 pm
Thanks, Cynthia! No, I am in the most exhausting 7 day work week that I have ever had...in retirement no less...care-giving for my loved partner Sally who has...
