 Dear Valued Client:
As we drift into the warmest months of the year here in Dallas (warm being an understatement), we've had quite a few accomplishments around the office that we feel are worthy of a mention: our English courses brought home three Telly Awards; Dallas TeleCollege and DCCCD were named the fifth military-friendly school in the country; the Digital Resource Repository earned Innovation of the Year and is moving on to the next round of judging; DCCCD was featured last week in this news segment; we're in the throes of production for our online Government course (see below for specifics); conference travel is as busy as ever; and our Twitter account is booming with more distance-learning followers.
Be sure to check out our updates for Physical Geology Online and read this month's featured article on how college campuses are changing.
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| Digital Resource Repository News |
We held our drawing for a free subscription to the Digital Resource Repository and chose six lucky winners: Kathy Wolford, Vance-Granville Community College; Virginia Kirk, Howard Community College; Yanyan Yong, Germanna Community College; April Oian, De Auza College; Larry Rosintoski, Trident Tech; and Bruce Kauss, Blue Mountain Community College.
Want to win? (You know you do.) The next chance to enter for a free Repository subscription will be at the SIDLIT conference, July 30 and 31. Come to Dallas TeleLearning's presentation and enter your name for a chance to win.
Repository Help Desk
We've added a new feature to our digital database: a specialized Repository Help Desk. From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Pacific Standard Time, Monday through Friday, representatives will be on hand to field questions regarding any issues you may encounter when using the Repository. Stay tuned for more info.
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| What's New: Online U.S. and Texas Government Courses |
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Production has started on TeleLearning's U.S. and Texas Government courses. An interview with Texas District Court Judge John Creuzot kicked off the Texas lesson video modules production last week, and will be followed with six interviews in Austin, Texas, and two more in Dallas.
Video production on the National Government lessons will follow in September. Instructional designer Kay Hampshire has been creating interactive activities for the 30 lessons in the two-semester course. |
| Physical Geology Online Update |
 Production team wraps up lab videos. The Geology team completed 13 days of video production this week. Producer Katherine Listi, content specialist Lynn Millwood and instructional designer Janice Christophel wrapped up 40 videos for the geology lab lessons, including step-by-step instructions on identifying minerals and rocks, creating a topo profile and experiments about porosity and permeability.
The lab videos are a key component of the Physical Geology 1403 online course. The programming team has been fine-tuning the interactive mineral and rock identification tool, while adding hundereds of photos. |
| TeleLearning On The Road |
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Planning to travel? Here's a list of the latest conferences and meetings where we'll be exhibiting and demonstrating our Digital Resource Repository and other courseware.
August 4-7, Madison, Wis.
Exhibit Booth #100; Presentation: Thursday, August 6, from
11:15 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Presentation: TBA
League CIT | October 11-14, Detroit, Mich.
Exhibit; Presentation: TBA
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Got questions? Feedback? Contact us toll free at 866-DISTLRN (866-347-8576); or at tlearn@dcccd.edu.
Until next time,
Marketing Team
Dallas TeleLearning
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Featured Article |
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The 17 Ways College Campuses Are Changing
By Lynn Jacobs and Jeremy Hyman
The fifth-century B.C. Greek philosopher Heraclitus used to exclaim everything changes, nothing stands still. Well colleges are in flux, too. Here are the 17 biggest differences between colleges today and colleges 10 years ago.
Hint: the words online, "smart tools" and distance learning show up more than once.
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