Innovation of the Year Winners
Following are the ten innovations, one winner from each of the colleges and the District Office, that were submitted and presented before the IOY Districtwide Selection Committee. The 2012 Maricopa Community Colleges innovation was announced, and all innovations were celebrated, at the Innovation of the Year Awards event held on Tuesday, May 2, 2012, at the Rio Salado College Conference Center.
2012 Maricopa Community Colleges Innovation of the Year and
Paul Pair Award Recipient:
Phoenix College
2012 Innovation: Arizona State University–Phoenix College Partnership Program for Medical Laboratory Science
Innovation Team:
Dr. Casandra Kakar, Vice President of Academic Affairs
Dr. Sharon Halford, Dean of Industry and Public Service
Liz Parmelee, Health Professions, Fitness and Wellness Department Chair
Julie Stiak, Program Director
Dr. David Young, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Arizona State University
Dr. Maria Hesse, Vice Provost, Arizona State University
Jeff Wolz, Program Director, Arizona State University
Innovation Summary:
Phoenix College and Arizona State University implemented a 90:30 agreement for a Bachelor in Applied Science in Medical Laboratory Science in fall 2010 to meet the demand for Laboratory professionals. Students can essentially earn a bachelor’s degree on the Phoenix College campus. Hybrid delivery and videoconferencing technology expand the program statewide.
Chandler-Gilbert Community College
2012 Innovation: The Personal Librarian (PL) - Incorporating Library Instruction into Online ENG102 and COM263
Innovation Summary:
"PL" is a partnership between online composition, communication, and library faculty to design effective information literacy instruction in the virtual classroom. The partnership creates a type of new learning community in that aspects of the online courses are co-taught and co-designed by cross-disciplinary faculty members to ensure greater student success.
Innovation Team:
Dr. Larry Miller, CGCC, Library faculty
Casey Kadavy, CGCC, adjunct faculty composition faculty
Barbara Stott, CGCC, Library faculty
Dr. Carol Smith, MCC, faculty
Miguel Fernandez, CGCC, Library faculty
Dr. Kim Chuppa-Cornell, CGCC, English faculty
Mary Beth Burgoyne, CGCC, faculty
Vanessa Sandoval, CGCC, Communication faculty
Nina Rhorer, CGCC, adjunct composition faculty
Carol Dichtenberg, CGCC, faculty
Deborah Stewart, CGCC, adjunct composition faculty
Rosa Ellingson, CGCC, adjunct composition faculty
District Office
2012 Innovation: CIMS (College Identity Management System)
Innovation Summary:
The CIMS project represents the foundation that enables all faculty, staff, and students to access Enterprise applications such as SIS, Blackboard, GoogleApps, My.maricopa.edu, etc. on a daily basis. CIMS helps enhance student success by facilitating access to our core applications. CIMS helps Maricopa reduce maintenance effort and support issues for over 140K user accounts every semester, thus significantly increasing the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of our services.
Innovation Team:
Michael Berry, CGCC, Enterprise Systems Administrator
Sasan Poureetezadi, MCC, Vice President of Information Technology
Wade Harris, MCC, Enterprise Application Designer
Mark Peek, MCC, Systems Administrator II
Jose Candanedo, GWCC, Director of Information Technology
Chuck Shumard, GWCC, Network Administrator
Carol Myers, PVCC, Director of Information Technology
Doug Allenberg, DO, Assistant Programming Manager
Miguel Corzo, DO, Director of Strategic Information Technology
Norm Dye, DO, Enterprise Application Administrator
Jaime Martinez, DO, Database Administrator
Don Outland, DO, Assistant Director of Strategic Information Technology
Keli Jones, DO, Assistant Director of Strategic Information Technology
Chitra Pandit, DO, Programmer Analyst
Jason Pociask, DO, Assistant Director of Strategic Information Technology
Clyde Resendez, DO, System Administrator
Estrella Mountain Community College
2012 Innovation: New Online Writing Center: Making Learning Support Accessible and Efficient
Innovation Summary:
EMCC's New Online Writing Center is a campus-wide collaboration offering students convenient and simple access to writing tutorial. The OWC supports development of the writing abilities students need to succeed in college and the workplace. It also offers significant savings in money and time while meeting student and faculty needs.Innovation Team:
Susan Malmo, English faculty
Rich Marmon, Director of Information Technology
Rodica Heinz, Director of Learning Center
Chad Galligan, Senior Systems Engineer
Richard Morales, Coordinator of Learning Center
Scott Worthington, Manager of Web Site
Joyce Jackson, Dean of Instruction
Yi Zhu, Programmer Analyst III
Michael Bartley, Coordinator of Marketing
The OWC Tutors
Special thanks to Dr. Roger Yohe, MCC, Dean of Instruction, and Dr. Arlisa Richardson, CGCC, Physics faculty
GateWay Community College
2012 Innovation: Interactive Map and Virtual Tour
Innovation Summary:
The Interactive Map and Virtual Tour expand upon existing Google Map technology to bring a fresh perspective of GateWay Community College. Visitors can acces parking and dining options or follow Echo the Gecko on a whimsical video tour of the college's vital landmarks and resources.
Innovation Team:
T.J. Burgeson, Title V Graphic/Web Designer
Christine Lambrakis, Director of Marketing and Public Relations
Bill Hart, Project Director, Title V
Will Strickler, Administrative Assistant, Title V
Greg Bullock, Acting Adminisrative Secretary III, Institutional Advancement
Lina Scott, Manager of Recruitment and Outreach
Edward Pritchard, Design and Web Technologies Manager
Glendale Community College
2012 Innovation: Social Network Initiative: Facebook "Career Me" app
Innovation Summary:
Glendale Community College created a Facebook app that would "career" the user in only two questions which would help facilitate the launch of a completely revised academic program web pages. The app was designed and coded in-house using Facebook mark-up language, Quandray action-based maze language and standard HMTL.
Innovation Team:
Scott Schulz, Director of Career/Education Planning Services
Tressa Jumps, Director of Marketing and Public Relations
Raechel Megahan, Administrative Secretary II
Mesa Community College
2012 Innovation: Gold Star Program Designers
Innovation Summary:
The Gold Star (GS) Program serves as a basic foundation in a comprehensive approach to create an exemplary eLearning program at Mesa Community College. It is a faculty-centered, training and peer-review process based on self-assessment, professional development, mentoring, and peer review for continuous improvement of quality teaching and learning.
Innovation Team:
Jennifer Stickland, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning
Bonnie Black, eLearning Director/Faculty
Beth Alsen, Instructional Designer
Quality Standards and Faculty Development: Lo-An Tobar, James Lembo, Bonnie Black, Greg Pratt, Chris Held, Derrick Borman, Deb Fells, Sue Glascoe, Mark Gooding, and Elliot Cherner
Paradise Valley Community College
2012 Innovation: General Education Assessment Application (GEA)
Innovation Summary:
GEA (General Education Assessment) is a web-based application designed, developed, and built in-house by a cross-functional collaborative team. It was designed so faculty can easily complete academic student assessment activities based on general education learning outcomes and rubrics. Reports are provided for individual course sections, academicdivisions or college-wide results. Faculty use the data to support continuous improvement of instructional pedagogy and to ensure students are gaining the core general education competencies they need to succeed.
Innovation Team:
Dr. Denise Digianfilippo, Dean of Academic Affairs
Sam Fraulino, Instructional/Multimedia Developer
Nancy Kolakowsy, Math Faculty (Academic Assessment Team Co-Chair)
George Mathew, Enterprise Application Administor
Dr. Mary Lou Mosely, Vice President of Academic Affairs
Carol Myers, Director of College Technology
Brad Olsen, Programmer
Jason Pociask, Assistant Director of Strategic Information Systems
David Preston, Enterprise System Administrator
Christine Tabone, English Faculty (Academic Assessment Team Co-Chair)
Eric VanBoven, Programmer
Marc Varner, Programmer
Corey Weidner, Senior Network Administrator
Rio Salado College
2012 Innovation: RioPACE
Innovation Summary:
The purpose of RioPACE at Rio Salado College was to develop a practical predictive model capable of forecasting an early alert system. It identifies students not actively engaged in the online learning environment. RioPACE is driven by the objective to strenghten student success and accountability within a dynamic online environment.
Innovation Team:
Kerri Speakcer, Faculty Chair, Computer Technology
Gordon Inman, Instructional Coordinator, Computer Technology
Dan Huston, Coordinator of Strategic Systems
Dr. Angela Felix, Faculty Chair, Languages
Long Le, Director of Programming
Shannon Corona, Faculty Chair, Physical Sciences
Mario Sanchez, Programmer
Scottsdale Community College
2012 Innovation: Open Educational Resources in Mathematics
Innovation Summary:
With the increasingly high costs of textbooks and online homework systems, the cost of attending college has become an enormous financial burden on our students. The movement to provide quality open resources for students is one that the SCC Mathematics Department has embraced for our mathematics courses.
Innovation Team:
Jenifer Bohart, Mathematics faculty
Dr.Phil Clark, Mathematics faculty
Dr. Ted Coe, Mathematics faculty
Dr. Donna Gaudet, Mathematics faculty
Donna Guhse, Mathematics faculty
William Meacham, Mathematics faculty
Daniel Nearing, Mathematics faculty
Roberto Ribas, Mathematics faculty
Dr. April Strom, Mathematics faculty
Judy Sutor, Mathematics faculty
Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (MCLI)