Our Compliments to the Chefs

The CCCOnline Annual Conference Committee would like to thank everyone -- our instructors, staff, host college (ACC), presenters, sponsors, and donors -- who made this year’s Annual Conference a success!

In the CCCOnline Community's Cultivating Excellence discussion, please feel free to share your favorite conference takeaways. 

If you would like to share feedback about a specific session you attended, please use this form and type the session name in the first field (“Webinar or Workshop Name”).

Final Reminders for CCCOnline Annual Conference this Friday

Hot dog – the CCCOnline Annual Conference, “Recipes for Success,” is this Friday, 9/21! Below are some last-minute reminders . . . we look forward to seeing you!

Directions: The Conference will be held at Arapahoe Community College, 5900 South Santa Fe Drive, in Littleton. Directions and a campus map are below:
http://www.arapahoe.edu/about-acc/locations/campus-maps 

Parking: Parking lots are open and free for our attendees. There are no permit restrictions in any parking lots. 

Schedule: Our keynote address starts at 9:00 a.m. and the conference ends at 4:00 p.m.
Attendee sign-in and continental breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. More schedule details are found here:
http://at.ccconline.org/faculty/wiki/Teaching_Resources_-_Presentations_-_2012_CCCOnline_Faculty_Conference

Dress: The dress is casual. You may choose to wear your division’s color; please note wearing this color is optional! (Career & Technical Education – Red; Liberal Arts & Communication – Yellow; Math – Green; Science – Orange; Social Sciences – Blue) 

Meals: Breakfast and lunch are provided. (As this is a free conference and our budget is restricted, those with special dietary needs may wish to bring their own food.)

Here is our conference website:
http://media.ccconline.org/ccco/conference2012/Conference2012_index.html
If you have registration questions, please contact Karen Kaemmerling at Karen.kaemmerling@cccs.edu.

Last Chance to Register for CCCOnline Annual Conference; Delicious Sessions Await!

To CCCOnline’s Top Chefs,

We’d like to remind you that registration for our Annual Conference, “Recipes for Success,” closes Sunday, Sept. 16, at midnight. Our conference will be held Friday, Sept. 21, at Arapahoe Community College; please follow this link for registration and information: http://media.ccconline.org/ccco/conference2012/Conference2012_index.html

. . . Then, get ready to feast on a smorgasbord of yummy sessions, including such flavors as

-game-based learning!
-online science labs!
-library news!
-plagiarism prevention!
-D2L tricks!
. . . all this AND MORE!  See you in our diner on the 21st!

--The CCCOnline Annual Conference Committee

Classroom Discussions Data

This recent article from the Chronicle’s Wired Campus blog, “What a Tech Start-Up’s Data Say About What Works in Classroom Forums,” discusses a few interesting student behavioral trends in online discussions (courtesy of an analysis of data from Piazza).  

What are your thoughts? Feel free to exchange ideas with colleagues in the CCCOnline Community.