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The Olympics have ended but the current
Maricopa Learning eXchange (MLX) Great Package
race is still on through October 15, 2004. Just sharing descriptions
of a few ideas or materials that likely already exist on your computer,
can vault you into first place for individual prizes of Macromedia
Director MX 2004 software, an iSight camera,
and more. Plus you will be providing resources to benefit your colleagues.
"So what is the MLX?" It is an online warehouse of ideas,
materials, projects created or used at Maricopa to support learning,
everything from multimedia objects to classroom activity ideas, to
descriptions of projects and resource materials. And it is just
not class materials- there are technical manuals, resource guides,
etc. The MLX contains more than 970 items, and we have search tools
to help you find things by keyword search, people's names, and disciplines:
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/
"But why a 'Great Race'?" This is our effort to entice
more people to participate. We have been tracking the items contributed
since April 1, 2004, and we will individual incentives for people
who share the most through March 15, 2004. See:
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/race.php
"So how do I participate?" Great question! If you
have not registered yet at the MLX, see our Loading Dock Manager to
instantly create an account:
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/dock/register.php
From there you can instantly start creating your MLX inventory. The
MLX is open to full-time and part-time faculty, staff... even administrators!
"Why Should I share" " What do I get out of this?"
" I do not have anything new or innovative" " I do
not have much time"
We call this an exchange because the more people put
into it, the more everyone gains.
We recently built a new feature that allows you to create a web link
to a display of all the items you have put in the MLX, e.g. that you
can put on your home page, send to your supervisor, or email to your
Mom... e.g.
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/mine.php?id=275
And we have pioneered a tool that allows any college web site to embed
a dynamically updated display of content their own college has contributed,
e.g see the website for Estrella
Mountain's Center for Teaching and Learning: One line of web code
inserted into their page produces the content on the right that is
updated automatically every hour.
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/ctl/
MLX items need not be large new flashy projects, and in fact, the
better items are often the short descriptions of effective classroom
activities, assignments that already exist as computer files, ideas
for dealing with extra credit or grading rubrics. If you teach a course,
wouldn't it help you (and others) to know the resources, activities,
ideas other people use who teach the same content? Even a syllabus
would be useful. And this is not limited to faculty. People have shared
computer training manuals, evaluations of equipment, descriptions
of administrative tools, etc. Share 10 of these and you might
win the top prize!
We are also storing in the MLX the outcomes reported by recipients
of MCLI Learning Grants
and summaries from faculty who use the online tool to submit their
reports for 2004 Faculty Professional Growth Summer Projects.
You also find MLX special collections, which include groups of items
related to a specific theme. These include project ideas by participants
in Chandler-Gilbert's Summer Institute on Writing Across the Curriculum:
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/collection.php?id=110
Or see the collection of 70+ teaching materials collected for use
among Nutrition faculty at several colleges, thanks much to the leadership
of Maureen Zimmerman (Mesa Community College):
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/collection.php?id=106
"I have no time". No one has too much. The time,
skill, and technical expertise to create an MLX entry is nothing more
that what it takes to write a 2 paragraph email messages and add an
attachment or a web address. See the examples that follow for ones
that probably took only minutes to enter.
"Why is this the 'last race'?" We have run 4 of these
over the last two years to bolster the MLX collection, to get it to
a "critical mass", and we have enough useful resources to
demonstrate its value. Sharing and collaboration among colleagues
ought to be their own rewards, rather then personal gain.
"I am still not clear on what these packages are..."
That's okay, look at a few of some of the simple but useful ones already
there:
Presidential Election Candidate Comparison Heuristic
shared by Hope Manross
(Chandler-Gilbert Community College) "includes descriptions
of a series of enabling activities that can be used to help students
select three election issues and draft a position comparison paper
for a minimum of two candidates."
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/slip.php?item=1340
Student Learning Outcomes Outside of the Classroom
is the report from a 2003-2004 Learning Grant to Paradise
Valley Community College.
"This project focused on learning outcomes for each of the student
support areas. We wanted to bring assessment processes to areas of
learning outside the classroom. Each area revised their learning outcomes
to align with a specific PVCC General Outcome. Measures and methods
were identified."
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/slip.php?item=1333
Endocytosis: Flash
Animation
Biology faculty Karen Conzelman (Glendale
Community College) shares
a Flash animation that shows the "process of endocytosis
(phagocytosis) by a single eukaryotic cell."
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/slip.php?item=1324
Digestion Interactive Unit
Nutrition faculty Laura May (MesaCommunity
College) created this unit
"takes you through digestion and absorption, including hormone
control, digestive enzymes and dietary recommendations for common
digestive disturbances."
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/slip.php?item=1307
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