Recommended readings

In addition to the countless readings that are shared informally among the GSCC faculty in the online community, Polilogue, each face-to-face meeting (there have been three) was accompanied by its own pre-conference reading assignment.

In order to better understand the thinking that has framed the GSCC project, we share these recommended readings (in chronological order).

These, and many other readings relating to the GSCC project, can be found in our Diigo group.

Camp Innovation (winter 2010)
The GSCC project kicked off  with a face-to-face called Camp Innovation.  This was the first opportunity for all involved in the project to meet, and for the team to introduce the goals and strategies of the project in person.

Art and science of teaching developmental mathematics: building perspective through dialogue
By Galbraith, Michael W. and Melanie Jones. In Journal of Developmental Education; 30.2 (2007): 20-27. Article is available for purchase or may be available through document delivery in your college’s library.

Digital technologies and their role in achieving our ambitions for education
By Diana Laurillard, London Knowledge Lab, London Institute of Education, Inaugural professorial lecture, February 2008. From the abstract, Laurillard argues for “an education-driven approach to the use of digital technologies to achieve our ambitions for education.”

Minding The Dream: The Process and Practice of the American Community College
By Gail O. Mellow and Cynthia Heelan (2008). This page is the announcement of the book from LaGuardia Community College and the text/video of Dr. Mellow’s lecture for the Robert H. Atwell lecture.

Support a Science of Performance Improvement
By Anthony S. Bryk in Phi Delta Kappan April 2009, vol 90 (8), pp. 597-600. Bryk, president of the Carnegie Foundation, argues for a “Design, Educational Engineering, and Development infrastructure….” Abstract available on this page. Full text by subscription. Check with your local library; they might be able to obtain it for you through interlibrary loan.

Theory, practice, and the future of developmental education
By Chung, C.J. In Journal of Developmental Education; 28.3 (2005): 2-11. Article is available for purchase or may be available through document delivery in your college’s library.

What is the future of basic writing?
Trudy Smoke, Published in Journal of Basic Writing, Vol 20, No 2 Fall 2001, pages 88-96. This bookmark is to the citation in ERIC. Check with your local library for assistance with access to full text.

What’s Needed To Make Sure Innovation Is Working?
By Jim Shelton and John Easton of the U.S. Education Department. The authors blogged as part of the National Journal’s Expert Blogs – Education area. In the initial post, Shelton and Easton post some questions about effective innovation. In the comments section (24 posted as of 4/1/10), others in the field respond.

Camp Tag-A-Lot (summer 2010)
This session was held between semesters one and two, and introduced the new themes to the GSCC faculty. Tagging was discussed as a means of attaching the themes to lessons, allowing some self-determination by the faculty.  Just before Camp, the faculty was invited to a sneak preview of “Our Head in the Cloud,” a forthcoming book chapter written by Diana D. Woolis and Gail O. Mellow.

Creativity Through e-Learning: Engendering Collaborative Creativity Through Folksonomy
By Andy Lapham, Faculty of the Arts, Thames Valley University, London, UK. This paper from the Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on e-Learning includes literature review and presents a cognitive analysis of tagging.

Our head in the cloud: Transforming work on college completion
By Diana D. Woolis and Gail O. Mellow. This page is the abstract for the book chapter on the Emerald (publisher’s) website.

Camp Breakthrough (winter 2011)
Most recently, before beginning semester 3, the GSCC faculty and team convened to discuss, among other things, the idea of appreciative inquiry.

Appreciative inquiry : change at the speed of imagination
By Jane Magruder Watkins and Bernard J. Mohr. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, 2001.  GSCC utilizes an AI approach to working together. There is a new edition of this book being published next month. This link goes to the title on Worldcat where you can locate a copy in a library.