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CISOA 2010 Speakers Address CCC IT Issues

Last Updated on 09 March 2010 09 March 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

Dr. Jack Scott, Chancellor of the California Community Colleges  Three luminaries important to the California Community Colleges system will be featured speakers at the CISOA 2010 annual conference.

U.S. DOE Launches Open Innovation Portal

Last Updated on 09 March 2010 04 March 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

ed.gov logoOn February 15, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced the launch of the Ed.gov Open Innovation Portal (the Portal).

Two New CCC Campuses Online In 2010

Last Updated on 02 March 2010 01 March 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

Riverside CCD logoIn January, the Accreditation Commission of the Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) approved college status for two campuses at Riverside Community College District (RCCD).

tech grants: Common Cent$ in Grant Writing

Last Updated on 09 March 2010 09 March 2010 in Opinion by Juri Brilts

Coins on a notebookRecently, I read two articles that I found extremely germane to the enterprise of grant seeking and grant writing. The first, by Mary Walters, “You Can Get the Grant,” was published January 11, 2010 in Inside Higher Ed.

eTranscript Success Story: Skyline College

Last Updated on 09 March 2010 08 March 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

Skyline College logoIn September of 2008, Skyline College went live with the eTranscript California pilot for the San Mateo Community College School District (SMCCD). eTranscript California, formerly CCCTran, is a Web-based electronic transcript system between California Community Colleges and their trading partners.

WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award: Call For Nominations

Last Updated on 09 March 2010 07 March 2010 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award logo 2010The WCET Awards Committee has invited its members to submit a nomination for the 2010 WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award. WCET members—institutions, organizations or corporations—in good standing are eligible to be nominated for a WOW Award. Members may nominate themselves for the award. The deadline for nominations is March 31.

2010 Online Teaching Conference: Registration Open

Last Updated on 02 March 2010 02 March 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

Registration is now open for the 2010 Online Teaching Conference (OTC). This year’s conference is a collaboration of the California Educational Technology Collaborative (CETC),  the K-20 California Educational Technology Collaborative (K20CETC) and Computer Using Educators, Inc (CUE).

Innovators Awards 2010 Call for Entries

Last Updated on 02 March 2010 01 March 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

http://campustechnology.com/innovatorsCampus Technology is seeking submissions for the Innovators Awards 2010. The Innovators Awards recognize exemplary colleges and universities, visionary technology project leadership and innovative vendor partners who deployed extraordinary campus technology solutions.

Tech>ology: CCCNext Generation For Systemwide Applications

Last Updated on 02 March 2010 26 February 2010 in Opinion by Tim Calhoon

California AbstractThere are a number of systemwide and intersegmental applications that provide services to our students and colleges in use across the state.

Web Principles: Google Completes On2 Acquisition

Last Updated on 09 March 2010 26 February 2010 in Opinion by David Hammond

On2 Technologies LogoGoogle recently announced that it has completed the acquisition of On2, a company which produces high-end video encoding formats. This move has led to speculation that Google may be trying to break the current stalemate in the Web video format wars with its own better-positioned contender.

On2 was the company that created what eventually became Ogg Theora, the format that is presently competing with H.264 to be the de facto standard video format on the Web. Unlike H.264, Ogg Theora is notable for being apparently free of patents, but it has been criticized as being somewhat inferior to H.264 in some technical areas.

Delta College Builds Data Center For The Future

Last Updated on 23 February 2010 22 February 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

San Joaquin Delta College logoFeaturing state-of-the-art design and equipment intended for future functionality, the new Delta data center may become the model for new data centers throughout the California Community Colleges.

CISOA 2010 Conference Spotlights Top IT Issues

Last Updated on 05 March 2010 22 February 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

CISOA logo croppedThe California Community Colleges (CCC) statewide Chief Information Systems Officers Association (CISOA) has responded to the current fiscal climate by adding value to its annual conference.

New Center Supports Open Education Resources

Last Updated on 23 February 2010 22 February 2010 in News by Judy Baker, Ph.D

OER Center for CA logoFaculty at California Community Colleges (CCC) now have a centralized source of information about how to use open textbooks to lower educational costs for their students.

Call For Proposals: 22nd Annual WCET Conference

Last Updated on 17 February 2010 17 February 2010 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

wcet: partners for change, technologies in practice, advances in educationThe Call for Proposals is now open for the 22nd Annual WCET Conference. The deadline for submissions is March 16, 2010. WCET members and non-members are invited to submit.

2010 eTranscript California Workshop

Last Updated on 26 February 2010 17 February 2010 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

eTranscript California logo with blue backgroundWhere:
University of Southern California
699 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90007

When:
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on March 16, 2010

Data Reveals Positive Attitude Toward CCCApply

Last Updated on 23 February 2010 02 February 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

CCCApply has published the results of more than a year’s worth of data collected from more than 100 California Community Colleges (CCC) that use the CCCApply application. The data analysis was conducted by a team at Contra Costa College.

2010 Innovations In Networking Award Winners

Last Updated on 19 February 2010 08 February 2010 in News by Janis Cortese

CENIC logoFour groundbreaking projects that focus on the innovative use and expansion of high-performance networking were honored by the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC), as recipients of the 2010 Innovations in Networking Awards.

eTranscript California Delivers More Than 100K Transcripts

Last Updated on 09 February 2010 09 February 2010 in News by Lenny Robison

eTranscript California, formerly CCCTran, has surpassed the 100,000 mark for electronic transcripts exchanged between its trading partners. As of February 2010 colleges ‘live’ on eTranscript California have delivered more than 104,000 transcripts to their trading partners using this statewide transcript exchange system.

CCCCO Data Center Now Has Gigabit Connection

Last Updated on 23 February 2010 08 February 2010 in News by Janis Cortese

The California Community College Chancellor's Office data center in Sacramento now enjoys a gigabit connection to the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) California Research & Education Network (CalREN).

tech grants: Evaluation=An Integral Part Of Proposals Using A Logic Model

Last Updated on 10 February 2010 08 February 2010 in Opinion by Juri Brilts

In looking at proposals that have been funded over the years, one interesting element of succesful grantwriting that is becoming more and more important is evaluation.

CCC Luminaries To Speak At ADEC Summit

Last Updated on 10 February 2010 29 January 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

The Alliance for Distance Education in California logoThe Alliance for Distance Education in California (ADEC) annual distance learning summit, Summit XXI: Online Education - Collaborating to Succeed, is partnering with the Computer-Using Educators, Inc (CUE) 2010 Conference.

2010 Horizon Report

Last Updated on 10 February 2010 29 January 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

Cover of the 2010 Horizon ReportReleased mid-January, the seventh annual Horizon Report continues the work of the New Media Consortium’s (NMC) Horizon Project. The Horizon Project was established in 2002 to identify and describe emerging technologies potentially influential to higher education. The series of reports are a collaborative effort between NMC and EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI).

CUE Annual Conference

Last Updated on 10 February 2010 02 February 2010 in News by Jen Gednalske

Computer-Using Educators, Inc (CUE) logoComputer-Using Educators, Inc (CUE) will hold its annual conference in Palm Springs, California from March 4-6, 2010. This year’s conference emphasizes online learning, while going easy on the pocketbook. CUE is sponsoring other annual educational summits, such as the Alliance for Distance Education in California (ADEC), and it is offering bundles to fit everyone’s budget.