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The Osceola Learning Center
Dated: February 2004
In the early part of February, several members of the Osceola campus
met to discuss plans for the
Learning
Center
to be housed in building three. The
stakeholders present represented a wide range of backgrounds including
deans, the LRC Director, student services, several instructional
assistants, and the Faculty Association President.
The goal of the meeting was to create a vision for what the
learning center would contain. We
did not intend to "design" the learning center.
That is, we only brainstormed how we wanted the center to serve the
learning community. For that
reason, we began all statements with "A place where students will."
This was only the first step in creating a dynamic learning center.
The
Learning
Center
will be:
A
place where students will learn skills such as:
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Burn CDs |
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Create a PowerPoint presentation |
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Use electronic portfolios |
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Use the internet (Basic internet
research) |
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Open, Close, Save files |
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Use Smartboard, elmo, digital
tablet |
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Use a scanner |
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Use Atlas account |
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Basic Wordprocessing |
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Use WebCT |
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Design a website |
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Using LifeMap Tools |
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place where students will get assistance with course content tools
such as:
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Peer learning groups |
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Student tutors or other instructional
assistance |
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Research skills |
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(drop in content help) |
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Career software tools |
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Possible faculty office hours |
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place where students will create a LifeMap including:
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Career development |
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Personality/Values, etc regarding careers
(i.e. MBTI) |
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Study skills |
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Life skills |
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place where. . .
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students will complete
assignments for their classes (includes printing) |
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students can choose to learn
individually, in pairs, in groups, etc |
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students will have access to
specialized software and equipment |
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faculty can bring their
classes for specialized instruction |
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students can learn life
skills. |
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