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Progress of I CAN Learn Educational Systems |
From: Laura
Brown
To: Sarah Scott ; Nick Nicholson ; Elizabeth Mitchell ; Paul
Kornman ; Wanda Billingsley ; Al Watkins ; James Blair ;
Kathleen Thompson ; Mike Howard ; Maggie McConnell ; Becky
Phillips
Cc: jcornell@cacc.cc.al.us ; Dr. Amelia Pearson ; Melenie Bolton
; Barbara Anne Spears ; Nathan Brackeen ; jnix@cacc.cc.al.us
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 1:40 PM
Subject: Update for Phase One of Transitional Education
Progress of I CAN Learn Educational Systems
A number of CACC faculty and staff members continue to devote
hours to the implementation of the I CAN Learn system for
developmental mathematics courses. We have covered much
territory, literally and figuratively, since January 2004. I
would like to update you about the most recent developments for
preparing for fall classes.
First, we have provided several QEP roundtables during July. All
have been well attended. These meetings have served as a forum
for dissemination of information about the progress of the QEP
and for asking questions of concern. Many potential problems
have been addressed as a result of these meetings.
On July 13th, Steven Pace and Tammy Hovland from I CAN Learn
Educational Systems came to Alabama to lead an implementation
meeting. Again, potential problems were discussed, and details
of the ICL program were presented. As a result, Ms. Hovland has
forwarded copies of sample syllabi, lesson objectives, and other
documents to assist us in implementing the ICL software.
On July 19th, James Blair, Elizabeth Mitchell, Sarah Scott, and
I drafted a list of the lesson objectives for MTH 091, MTH 092,
MTH 098, and MTH 100. The results are presented in color-coded
table form and will be delivered to you this week. Please review
this table and address any questions, suggestions, or comments
to me or Mr. Blair, Ms. Mitchell, or Ms. Scott.
In addition, we have developed the standardized portion of
syllabi for all developmental math courses. These syllabi are
being printed, and you should receive a copy of each syllabus
soon (hopefully this week). These samples should assist you in
drafting your own course syllabi for fall.
Finally, additional copies of the ICL course workbook arrived
today. The new edition of this book will be used for MTH 091,
MTH 092, MTH 098, and MTH 100. All objective lessons are listed
as part of the Table of Contents on pages iv – xv. You will be
able to see the lessons associated with each of the objectives
selected for the four courses listed above. If you have not
received a copy of this workbook yet, I will try my best to get
you one this week.
Thank you so much for all the additional hours so many of you
have donated—especially the adjuncts who have sincerely gone
that extra mile in paving the way to offer our students a new
program of instruction. I am not a math teacher, but the more I
work with the math folks in developing this program, the more I
really wish I were a math teacher—I am so excited about the
possibilities associated with ICL. I know there will be bumps
along our journey, but I really do feel that this program will
be very beneficial for our students.
Laura K. Brown
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