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iStream and NROC: Bringing Innovative Tools to your Desktop

iStream and NROC: Bringing Innovative Tools to your Desktop. Wendy Neil, iStream Membership Director Terri Rowenhorst , NROC Membership Director. The League Mission: Catalyzing the Community College Movement. iStream supports this mission by providing:

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iStream and NROC: Bringing Innovative Tools to your Desktop

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  1. iStream and NROC: Bringing Innovative Tools to your Desktop Wendy Neil, iStream Membership Director Terri Rowenhorst, NROC Membership Director

  2. The League Mission:Catalyzing the Community College Movement • iStream supports this mission by providing: • quick links to books, monographs and special reports • thought-provoking learning guides to promote discussion • searchable database of best practices and innovations • easy access to professional development opportunities

  3. What is NROC? A non-profit effort to distribute Open Educational Resources (OER) The Goal: To build a growing library of high-quality undergraduate, high school, and advanced placement courses to be distributed at little or no cost to students and teachers worldwide. • Supported by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. • Sustained by institutional members of the NROC Network: • Educators, designers, technologists, and administrators working together to promote access to educational opportunity through collaborative development of high-quality online content and instruction.

  4. A Powerful Partnership to Serve Community Colleges • Support for Innovation • Professional Development Opportunities • Tools for Collaboration • Shared Resources and Research

  5. Administrators Support ∞ Professional Development ∞ Research ∞ Resources • League Projects and Interviews • Conference Sessions • Publications • CEO Surveys

  6. Faculty and Staff Support ∞ Professional Development ∞ Research ∞ Resources • LENS modules • Digital publications • Webinars • Content Resources

  7. StudentsSupport ∞ Professional Development ∞ Research ∞ Resources • Research support for graduate students • Support for Student Leadership Academy • Multimedia iPod Objects • Homework Help

  8. Open Educational Resourcesfor individual student and instructor support

  9. NROC: Unique among OERs • Vetted, curricular content for both secondary and post-secondary • Complete course foundations with a flexible learning object structure • Sustaining membership to maintain and grow the repository

  10. Value of Membership Step up the Value discounted NROC Network membership • Member institutions may adapt • NROC material to: • Develop shared curriculum • Enhance existing online curriculum • Distribute in a variety of ways • and to support institutional innovation…. • Develop shared curriculum • Reach new audiences (dual enrollment) • Seed a repository • Make textbooks optional

  11. NROC Library - 2009 NROC content resources • for institutional applications • College • Course Foundations • US History I • US History II • American Government • Religions of the World • Psychology • Elementary Algebra • Introductory Calculus I • Introductory Calculus II • General Calculus I • General Calculus II • Calculo General I (Spanish) • Calculo General II (Spanish) • Statistics for the Social Sciences • Introductory Physics I (algebra-based) • Introductory Physics II (algebra-based) • General Physics I (calculus-based) • General Physics II (calculus-based) • Non-Majors Biology • Environmental Science • Advanced Placement • Course Foundations • AP Environmental Science • AP Physics B I • AP Physics B II • AP Physics C I • AP Physics C II • AP US History I • AP US History IIAP US Government and Politics • AP Calculus AB I • AP Calculus AB II • AP Calculus BC I • AP Calculus BC II • AP Biology High School Course Foundations College Prep Physics I College Prep Physics II Algebra 1a Algebra 1b Curso de Algebra 1A (Spanish) Curso de Algebra 1B (Spanish) Coming in 2010 Algebra 1 (NEW)

  12. Top Reasons to Maximize iAdvantage • Content resources and research tools • Professional development opportunities • Bring conference highlights to your campus • Support for innovation • Something for Everyone on Campus!

  13. Support Innovation Encourage networking Newsletters seed campus listservs and blogs Brown bag lunches for webinars Studentengagement Adjunct support Quality initiatives Tutoring support Inter-institutional collaboration Blended learning environments Cooperative curriculum development Tech-savvy workforce

  14. Contact us with questions: Wendy Neil, iStream Membership Director neil@league.org Terri Rowenhorst, NROC Membership Director trowenhorst@montereyinstitute.org

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