Viewing by month: November 2009
iStream Focus: Community Colleges and the Virtual Campus
Each month
iStream highlights a topic of interest to community college educators. Look what's coming to iStream in December!
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New Cambrian College Program Translates Into Practical Retention Strategy
At the Cambrian College Quality Teaching Resource Centre, the coordinator is always looking for new and innovative ways to bring faculty together within and across programs, with the ultimate goal of enhancing student success. So when one of her colleagues mentioned professional learning communities, she had to know more. She quickly learned that this approach is used exclusively at the elementary and secondary level in numerous school systems across North America, but no one has brought it to the postsecondary level, yet.
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Aims Community College Takes to the Ice
Aims Community College in Greeley, Colorado, has developed an extensive physical education program to meet the demands of students and residents, offering a wide range of activities and sports from archery to zumba. The newest additions to the offerings, ice skating and ice hockey, are made available through a partnership with the municipal ice rink.
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