Here's the presentation from the production debrief on Friday, October 9th. This only highlights some of your discussion. You'll find a lot more in the notes!

Hi Everyone

We will be connecting to an online conference tomorrow and Thursday in TE3213. Sessions will be running most of both days, and you are invited to join in to any of the sessions. Some sessions will be of more interest than others, but consider coming to hear Curtis Bonk speak on his book, “The World is Open”. I’ve read about 3/4 of the book, and it’s very interesting (I’ll bring it tomorrow for anyone who wants to borrow it). He’s very knowledgeable about open source and learning. His keynote is from 11-12 on Thursday.

Here’s the link to the calendar that lists the session titles and times:

http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=0op3349vjbp0d3quluatnknbhg%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Edmonton

And here’s a link to more information about each sessions:
http://www.onlineteachingandlearning.com/program/

• Click on day 1 and day 2
• Remember that times are Eastern (so 2 hours ahead of us). The correct times are on the calendar link above.
  

Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested . . .

Karen

Quick Update from Leadership Advance

The Leadership Advance in Waterton this week focused on “Accountability: The Foundation for Building a Culture of Trust and Respect”. The following quote from the presentation should help to give you a sense of the discussions:

Characteristics of an Accountable Culture
- Clear vision and priorities for the organization
- Shared ownership for achieving them
- Conflicts are surfaced and resolved productively
- Effective performance execution: The qualities of cooperation, coordination, communication, decision making and actions necessary to achieve them
- Regular recognition
- Performance measurement

We spent time discussing the following questions, and ended the second day by developing action plans for each one:

1. How can we create an environment that fosters greater trust and respect with our internal stakeholders?
2. How can we create an environment that fosters greater collaboration at the College?
3. How can we provide greater leadership and more effective recognition to individuals and teams at the College?
4. How would we describe the organizational culture we desire at Lethbridge College?

The overall tone was positive, although there is a sense of “we have lots of work to do”. I’ll share the notes from the discussion when I receive them, likely at our next EET meeting.