California Virtual Campus

Making Continuation Communities Count
Mark Hemauer
California State University, East Bay
February 7, 2008
Introduction
Oh…you work at THAT school, is a phrase I often hear when introducing myself to fellow educators in my school district. THAT school is a small continuation high school that is part of the district’s alternative education program where I am planning to start […]

The Dilemma
I’m a civil servant working for the Department of the Navy as an instructor trainer. A trainer’s main objective is to help prospective instructors gain the basic skills necessary to be effective on-ground communicators. The course seats twenty-four using an Automated Electronic Classroom (AEC) and lasts for two weeks while running concurrently […]

Taking a Class Online and Making the Team
Stacy Maxin is an eighth grade Social Science teacher in Southern California. She has taught secondary Social Science as a traditional classroom teacher for over 12 years. Currently, she has embarked on a new learning odyssey working toward a Master of Science in Education, Option in Online Teaching […]

Yesterday, I asked for people to share their thoughts via a guest blog on virtualization in Ed Tech. Guest blogger Erik Josowitz provided us with the following (thanks, Erik). Feel free to talk back or submit your own guest blog with some specific experiences or implementation details.
Virtualization is great tool […]

Congratulations to the 2007 Awardees:

Karen Cox
1st place ENGL: 40 Advanced Composition
City College of San Francisco
Lisa Harrison Psy D
2nd place Lifespan Development Course
City College of San Francisco

And thank you to all the applicants:

K.D. Borcoman, Coastline Community College, Philosophy 113: Visions of Earth

Carolyn Brown, Foothill College, Graphic Design Studio 2
Susan Carrier, Mt. San Jacinto College, CAPP125C-2 Excel […]

The California Virtual Campus began a program five years ago to recognize exceptional websites used in teaching online courses at California’s community colleges. We wanted to acknowledge the work that faculty have done to create these sites, often with support from their colleges’ technical staff. We also wanted to encourage others to pursue the same […]

As many or most of you already know, the California Virtual Campus began a program four years ago to recognize exceptional websites used in teaching online courses at California’s community colleges. We wanted to acknowledge the work that faculty have done to create these sites, often with support from their colleges’ technical staff. We also […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Leading microchip maker Intel Corp will offer online training to help teachers incorporate technology into their lesson plans in a program it estimates is worth $300 million over four years.
by Sinead Carew
Read the full article at Yahoo! News.

by Christina Leverenzzi
Abstract
Graphic design as a field of endeavor is evolving at an extraordinary pace. Students and practitioners are facing unprecedented challenges and competition. The globalization of trade, the outsourcing of knowledge and skill-work, and the growth of the Internet that has made many skills obsolete, requires that we adapt new teaching […]

Sustaining Online Communities Beyond Course Completion
Teaching and taking professional development courses raises the question as to what happens after the completion of the course. This has always been a concern of mine as it seems obvious that the learning, support, and collaboration should not end upon completion of the course. I believe that […]