Business Education Conference at Asilomar

 Wednesday, May 6

2 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Check-in — Main Lodge 

3 p.m. - 4 p.m.       

Registration – Fred Farr Forum 

4 - 5 p.m.

Conference Begins - Fred Farr Forum

5 - 5:45 p.m.   

Managing the Web 2.0 World - Bob Livingston, Cerritos College - Fred Farr Forum

Managing in a Web 2.0 World - It is becoming critical that managers understand the changing economic, strategic, competitive, and cooperative models required to succeed in the highly networked and socially connected world of the 21st century.

6 - 7 p.m.

Dinner - Crocker Dining Hall 

7:15 - 9 p.m.   

Strategic Plan Focus Groups - Fred Farr Forum

Help interpret the Strategic Plan questionnaire data and plan the direction BESAC will be going in the future.

Thursday, May 7

7 - 8 a.m.   

Breakfast - Crocker Dining Hall

8:30 - 10 a.m.

Welcome Back 

Keynote Speaker - Professor Jason Thomas - Fred Farr Forum

"A Revolution in Learning: Synthetic Communities and Social Networks"

10 - 10:30 a.m.

Break with Vendors 

10:30 - 11 a.m.

Mini-grant Report - Game Art (Breakout) - Oak Shelter

Judy Perhamus, Riverside Community College - Norco Campus

The Riverside Community College Norco Game Art program consists of a 36-unit certificate and an A.S. degree in Simulation and Gaming: Game Art. The mini-grant expands, promotes, and strengthens the Norco Game Art program by providing faculty training in game art skills including the use of the Wacom digital tablet for texturing and modeling, expanding the curriculum to include two new elective courses, and assisting the Student Game Creation Club in holding an on campus Game Day event that brings game industry professionals to campus and in direct contact with RCC Norco gaming students.

 10:30 - 12 Noon

CCC Confer and 3C Media Solutions/Beating the High Cost of Textbooks - Fred Farr Forum

Moderated by Bob Livingston, Cerritos College

As the economy worsens and textbook prices go up, more and more of our students can't afford to purchase the textbooks they need to be successful in their classes. As educators, the adopters of textbooks, it's up to us to seek creative ways to solve this problem. Let's put our minds together with a panel of publisher's representatives and discuss our options.

Steve Whitehead, McGraw-Hill

 12 - 1 p.m.   

Lunch - Crocker Dining Hall

Visit with Vendors

1:10 - 1:45 p.m.

@ONE - Bob Dougherty - Fred Farr Forum

Whether you want to improve your online teaching skills, harness the power of multimedia or provide technical training, @ONE can provide the training and support that you need. 

Mini-Grant Report - Peter Brumis - Ecotourism (Breakout) - Oak Shelter

Ecotourism is "responsible travel to natural areas that conserve the environment and improve the well-being of local people." Ecotourism is the fastest-growing segment of the global tourism industry.  California boasts some of the most popular tourism destinations in the US, but contains some of the most environmentally-sensitive areas.  The Ecotourism and Community Development Mini-Grant project has created ecotourism curriculum and a certificate program for Monterey Peninsula College which is designed to prepare students for jobs in ecotourism while preserving and enhancing the Monterey Peninsula for future generations.  The project sought the input of ecotourism experts and hospitality operators, and has been designed to be easily replicated at other Community Colleges statewide.

1:45 - 2:45 p.m.

Innovative Technologies - Dr. Ted Boehler - Fred Farr Forum

Dr. Ted Boehler, the Dean of Innovation and Technology at Coastline College, will share innovative ways to bring technology into your classrooms, including the use of Second Life as well as animation and entertainment technology.

2:45 - 3:15

Delivering Courses Via Blackberry: A Mobile Learning Case Study - Andrea Shaw, Pearson Learning Solutions - Fred Farr Forum

Louisiana Community & Technical College (LCTCS) was looking for a way to expand their online learning program. For LCTCS it was particularly important to help remove key top barriers for students in obtaining their degrees--geographic access, cost of higher education, and scheduling conflicts due to present commitments such as employment and child care. This session presents a case study view of how LCTCS worked with Pearson and its resources not only to enhance their existing online learning program but to develop a ground-breaking mobile learning offering available to students via their Blackberry device. Learn how this initiative, involving Pearson CourseConnect and eCollege, went from paper to completion in only 9 months.

Mini-Grant Report - Martha Villarreal, San Joaquin Delta Community College District (Breakout) - Oak Shelter

Student Entrepreneurship Initiative Project

The mini-grant is to serve as a catalyst to create an Entrepreneurship Program across disciplines.  It will develop new certificate/curriculum through collaboration with the College’s vocational faculty focusing on assisting students interested in starting their own business in areas related to their vocational field of study.

3:15 - 3:45 p.m.

Break - Visit with Vendors  

3:45 - 4:30

Computer Literacy:  A Core Requirement in Community Colleges

Facilitator: Dr. Peter Meggison, Chair, Computer Technology and Information Management Department, Massasoit Community College, Brockton, Massachusetts - Fred Farr Forum

Many colleges across America are now ensuring that their students have the basic computer skills to work in any occupation!  This is being done by requiring a computer literacy competency as a graduation requirement—just like English, math, science, and humanities have always been part of the core curriculum.  This discussion session will focus on the differences between computer literacy and information literacy, the content of a computer literacy core requirement, and how computer literacy can be assessed. 

Special Populations Presentation - Carol Pepper-Kittredge

A New Focus on Nontraditional Populations & Program Improvement - Perkins IV (Breakout) Oak Shelter

Who are the nontraditional students in Business & Management and Information Technology?  The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV) places an increased emphasis on training students for nontraditional careers. The Act defines a nontraditional career as any career in which fewer than 25% of the employees are of a single gender and holds states and districts accountable for meeting targets to train students for careers that are nontraditional for their gender.  This discussion will help you identify nontraditional programs in TOP Code 05 & 07, and identify strategies for improving participation and completion rates.

4:30 - 5:30

Mini-Grant Report - Jim Stedt, Hartley and Associates and George Carson, Carson and Company (Breakout) - Oak Shelter

NEW SOFT SKILLS VIDEOS BEING DEVELOPED FOR BESAC
Hartley & Associates is developing 5 new soft skills videos for BESAC.  Under the BESAC mini-grant program, these videos will feature up-to-date information, case studies, role playing, and closed captioning.  Both student and instructor guides are included with each soft skill video production.

The five new videos build on the Level 1 foundation created with the first four soft skill videos already delivered by Hartley & Associates (Job Behavior, Power Listening, Business Email Fundamentals, and Business Phone Etiquette). 

The new videos to be delivered and previewed at this year's Asilomar Conference include:

Effective Verbal Communications - defines the communications cycle, presents 5 rules of effective communications in the workplace, introduces "positive speak", and gives advice and examples on the proper and improper use of metaphors.

Customer Service Basics - introduces the 6 basic rules of Customer Service, provides case studies and interactive role playing to teach the fundamentals of dealing with customers.

Written Business Communications - provides a 5-step process for creating a well written PowerPoint presentation and an additional 3 steps for writing status reports.

Resume Writing - describes the 6 rules to resume writing and includes an interactive step-by-step resume writing role-playing process.

Interviewing and Networking - 55% of interviewers report they evaluate candidates on the way they dress, act and walk through the door!  This video presents 4 key steps to successful interviewing. Business Networking is the #1 method for successfully finding a job.  Viewers learn 6 tips to successful business networking to build skill and confidence in meeting people in their related industry.

Microsoft Virtual Labs for Vista and Server 2008 Curriculum

Cliff Snyder, Wiley MOAC Representative - Fred Farr Forum

Come join Cliff as he demonstrates and shares the information on the NEW Microsoft/Wiley Virtual Lab curriculum.  This curriculum eliminates the high lab hardware requirements and provides an easy way for students to experience a hands-on environment that is setup to match the MOAC curriculum.  All at no charge to your institutions!

5:30 - 6 p.m.

Enjoy Asilomar 

6 - 7 p.m.

Dinner - Crocker Dining Hall 

7:30 - 9 p.m.

Wine and Cheese Reception - Sponsored by Cengage Learning 

Friday, May 8

7:30 - 8:15 a.m.

Breakfast - Crocker Dining Hall 

Checkout - Main Lodge 

8:30 - 9:45 a.m.

Keynote Speaker - Lauri Harwood, Vandaley Group, Inc.

Meaningful Teaching About the World of Work in Today's Economy

“O brave new world,that has such people in it” exclaims Miranda toward the end of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Today’s Miranda might say “O brave new world,that has such tempests in it.” Our world is changing faster than most of us ever dreamed possible, and community colleges play a larger role than ever, with greater numbers of laid-off and retired workers and young people enrolling. Come to listen and to share your thoughts about meeting the challenges of today’s brave new world. If you would like to join the dialog ahead of time, send your thoughts and/or stories about what’s happening in your institution to lharwood@vandalay.com. 

9:45 - 10:15 a.m.

Break - Please Turn in Your Conference Evaluation and Ethnicity Forms 

10:15 - 11:45 a.m.

Online Instructor Preparation, Moderated by Dr. Judee Timm, Monterey Peninsula College, Case Studies

This session focuses on effective online instruction and what colleges across the state are doing to provide training and development for online instructors.

Steve Whitehead, McGraw-Hill

Andrea Shaw, Pearson Learning

Tegrity - Steve Whitehead, McGraw-Hill (Breakout) - Oak Shelter

The average college instructor lectures at 120 words per minute. The average college student takes notes at 20 words per minute…Tegrity fills in the gap.  Presenting cutting edge lecture capture technology allowing instructors to capture audio as well as everything going through the computer during the lecture.  Students can then view lecture and search for specific terms.