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Shingledecker, Diane – Community College Journal, 2016
Service learning is one of the most effective teaching methods for engaging and retaining community college students, but it comes with its challenges. For many students, the added requirements of a service learning experience can become one more responsibility in an already too-long list. In addition to being responsible for children, holding…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Teaching Methods, Teacher Effectiveness, Community Colleges
Woods, Bob – Community College Journal, 2014
When the 10 members of the American Association of Community College's (AACC's) 21st-Century Implementation Team 7 (nine of whom are community college presidents) sat down in 2013 to talk about reforming institutional roles and functions at the nation's two-year career and technical colleges, everyone in the room knew the work before them would be…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Institutional Role, Community Colleges
Zurier, Steve – Community College Journal, 2013
Few professors teaching at community colleges today expect students to learn every nuance of every technological device they are likely to encounter throughout the course of their careers. Educators can expose students to enough of a base so that when the technology does evolve--and it will--they have the confidence and ability to adapt and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Higher Education, Job Training, Technology Uses in Education
Thor, Linda – Community College Journal, 2010
Similar to the online revolution of the mid-1990s, hybrid-learning classes are redefining how community college students access higher education. Hybrid classes combine online and in-person learning to provide options for students, colleges. The author's perspective is based on experiences at two very different institutions: At Rio Salado College,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Online Courses, Blended Learning, Computer Uses in Education
Wong, Wylie – Community College Journal, 2008
Smart classrooms are just as popular on other community college campuses. Through a combination of PowerPoint presentations, videos, Web pages, and other technologies, faculty can engage students using multimedia to create a richer, more compelling learning experience. This article talks about the use of smart classrooms and the educational…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Community Colleges
Hesse, Maria; Mason, Marybeth – Community College Journal, 2005
Many distinguished leaders and innovators in higher education who are calling for curricular reform in order to increase student engagement and retention cite learning communities as a powerful model for change. In this article, the term "learning communities" refers to "the purposeful restructuring of the curriculum by linking or clustering…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)

Schlenker, Jon A. – Community College Journal, 1994
Describes the Education Network of Maine, an interactive television system which uses one-way video and two-way audio to provide an interactive connection between the seven campuses of the University of Maine. Highlights ways of personalizing distance learning instruction, strategies for increasing student-teacher interaction, and the value of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Distance Education, Educational Television, Interpersonal Communication

Findley, Benjamin F., Jr. – Community College Journal, 1995
Discusses several key components of teaching excellence. Suggests that excellent teachers must demonstrate their knowledge and competence, prepare relevant teaching strategies, relate to students as learners, achieve a balance between student-centeredness and subject-content orientation, influence student learning motivation, manage classroom…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Quality, Teacher Effectiveness

Roueche, John E.; Roueche, Suanne D. – Community College Journal, 1994
Describes the success of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development's "Innovation Abstracts," a weekly publication written by and for practitioners. Suggests that the publication's success has spread beyond its originally intended audience to faculty, students, trustee and advisory boards, community residents,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Community Colleges, Educational Researchers, Information Dissemination

Flynn, William J. – Community College Journal, 1999
Contends that community colleges need to move from the comfort of the instruction paradigm to that of the learning paradigm for the next century. Asserts that a curriculum based on learner outcomes can be created with the aid of new technology and well-trained faculty. Proposes suggestions for making the transformation to become a learner-centered…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Justice, Jamie – Community College Journal, 2004
Community and technical colleges are at a crossroads in their history and mission in preparing individuals for the challenges of lifelong learning and the workforce of the future. Many industries are faced with the challenges of replacing an aging and retiring workforce, updating employee skill sets, and maintaining quality and production…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Community Colleges, Lifelong Learning, Learning Processes

Lambright, Lesley L. – Community College Journal, 1995
Discusses the important uses of Socratic seminars, exploratory intellectual conversations centered on a text and facilitated by the instructor, in critical thinking instruction. Indicates that Socratic seminars differ from discussions in that, whereas discussions feature debates leading to convergent thought patterns, seminars are based upon…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Critical Thinking

Bailey, Rick – Community College Journal, 1999
Reports on Jim Jacobs and Roberta Teahen's efforts to develop a systematic approach of integrating career and academic education. The movement began in 1995 with representatives from four Michigan community colleges. Presents examples from various colleges across Michigan that demonstrate success in curriculum integration. (VWC)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Development

Sullivan, Leila Gonzalez – Community College Journal, 2001
Asserts that, in the movement to a Web-based, object-centered learning environment, community colleges must: (1) take part in the dialogue on the nature of learning in the digital age; (2) develop a new organizational strategy; (3) engage faculty in the transition to an object-centered learning environment; and (4) design learning content in…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education

Perin, Dolores – Community College Journal, 2001
Analyzes the traditional community college approaches to remedial education. Suggests that a more learner-centered remediation--which is based on an understanding of students' needs--in discipline courses offers students the opportunity to apply the skills they learn in ways that are meaningful, thus decreasing the dropout rate of remedial…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Innovation, Educationally Disadvantaged, High Risk Students
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