Ocotillo Retreat98 Agenda (draft Mon, Apr 6, 1998) ------------------- BEFORE the retreat: ------------------- Common issues: * Assessment and evaluation [9] * Access (remote, student, faculty) [8] * Faculty development [6] * Distance learning [5] * Technology staffing (hiring, keeping) [5] Each team compiles answers to the sub-questions for each "Common Issue". Results should be A1'd to Alan by 4/29 so we can compile them for the retrest. * What is __________ ? [your definition] * What are the issues with __________ ? * What are your experiences with addressing __________ ? [what did you learn?] * What is the status of __________ now? * What kinds of data can we collect about __________ on an ongoing basis? Each college team should decided how they will cover the different issues (e.g. divide the issues amongst your team members). ------------ May 19, 1998 ------------ 12:30 - 1:15 PM Register at the retreat site, DuBois Center, NAU. 1:15 - 2:00 PM Opening Remarks from Dr. de los Santos Manny reviews agenda, and how we selected the issues He also introduces the chairs. The pairs of chairs each introduce the discussion they will facilitate: Assessment and Evaluation: Doug Sawyer & Ted Wolter Access: Fred Guadet & Joan Ritsch Distance Learning: Chris MacCrate and Brad Kincaid Faculty Development: Jeanne Franco & Pat Case Technology staffing: Mary Long & Bob Albury 2:00 - 3:30 PM 5 concurrent forums organized by topic, facilitated FORUM 1 by two Ocotillo chairs; Notes to be taken on laptops and key points on Flip Chart paper. Address the questions for each issue: What is the definition of ________ ? What are the critical issues / problems / successes about ___________? What is the present status of dealing with ___________? What are some ideas we could improve how we deal with ______________? 3:30 - 4:00 PM Break 4:00 - 5:30 PM Same format as first discussion session. People are FORUM 2 welcome to stay in the same session or move to another. 5:30 - 6:30 PM Hotel keys passed out, dinner at duBois Center 6:30 - 7:00 PM Dessert and Socializing, DuBois Center 7:00 - 8:00 PM Optional time for college teams to begin their discussions. MCLI staff will compile notes from the afternoon forums, print, and duplicate for distribution the next day. 8:00 - ???? Retire to hotel or experience the Flagstaff nightlife. ------------ May 20, 1998 ------------ 6:30 - 8:45 AM Breakfast will be served in the lobby of the hotel. The print copies of yesterday's preceedings will be available. 9:00 - 11:00 AM Convene in college groups at the DuBois center to continue college-issue discussions. Reflect upon the document distributed at breakfast: "What did you learn from the open forum discussions?" Teams meet in college groups and begin summarizing what was discussed in their topic sessions. For each issue, they work on flip charts/laptops to address these questions: What action on _________ can our college take this year? How can we write this into a three year plan? What are the types of things we can measure about ___________ on an ongoing basis? 11:00 - 11:15 Break, fill out evaluation forms and prize drawing 11:15 - 11:45 AM Closing remarks, Q&A, forecast for 1998-1999. ************* end of retreat for general attendees ************* 12:00 - 1:00 PM Ocotillo Chairs meet for pizza and debriefing. ----------------- AFTER the retreat ----------------- MCLI will summarize and distribute (web?) the entire results of the retreat discussions. Out of it should arise the ideas and focus for addressing the five common issues in each college technology plan. There should also be some agreement on what kind of things can be "inventoried" for our baseline data to be included in the October 2, 1998 plan drafts.