“Best Practice” Packages!
Wow! I saw the blogshop: Weblog Workshop on the Maricopa Learning eXchange (MLX) this morning. This is terrific ! It was created for use at the June 2003 electronic Portfolio Summer Institute (ePSI) at Chandler-Gilbert Community Office. use at the June 2003 electronic Portfolio Summer Institute (ePSI) at Chandler-Gilbert Communtiy College.
Here is the workshop blurb:
This online workshop on “blogging” (hence “blogshop”) was designed to introduce faculty to the world of weblogs and to provide them basic steps for creating their own blog using MovableType.
Also on the site is a description of their wonderful resources:
The Maricopa Learning eXchange (MLX) is an electronic warehouse of ideas, examples, and resources (represented as “packages”) that support student learning at the Maricopa Community Colleges.
I love these packages! I will need to carve out some time this morning to browse further. The site further explains their concept of packages….
What exactly is a package? Just as learning is a concept that defies quantifying, so are examples of learning. That is why we represent them as mysterious wrapped packages, ranging from as small as a spreadsheet activity designed for a chemistry lab exercise to a complete faculty development program. Simply put, the criteria for a package is anything from Maricopa created for or applied to student learning.
Alright! I am off to get lost in this wonderful warehouse…. Thanks Maricopa!
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