Ocotillo Retreat Agenda

May 18, 2004, 8:00am - 3:30pm, Desert Botanical Garden

For details and maps, please see the location details for the Ocotillo Retreat 2004.

• 8:00 am
  Find your way to the Webster Center (see map) for breakfast and registration.
• 8:30 am (Program begins)
  Welcome to Ocotillo Retreat 2004 (Anna Solley, Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs)
  Retreat Overview (John Arle, Ocotillo Chair)
  Introduction to Speaker (Ron Bleed, Vice Chancellor Information Technologies Services)
• 8:50 am
  The Paradox of Agility and Stability (Diana Oblinger)
  View presentation

Higher education faces a constant challenge to maintain its historic stability while changing to meet current needs. This is especially true as a result of impact the information technology. Not only has information technology provided a range of new tools for faculty, students, staff and administrators, but the current generation of learners bring different attitudes and aptitudes to college based on their exposure to IT. The presentation looks at the role of IT, emerging models and a set of steps institutions can take to improve their ability to sense and respond to change.

See also the collection of related articles and readings shared by Dr. Oblinger.

• 10:30 am
  break
• 10:45 am
  Question and Answers on Presentation (Diana Oblinger)
• 11:00 am
  The New Ocotillo and New Faculty Chairs Leanrn more about the new structure and plans for 2004-2005 (John Arle, Ocotillo Chair)
• 11:15 am
  Thoughts on the Four Action Group Areas, Q&A (Diana Oblinger)
• 11:30 am
  Overview of Afternoon Discussion Format (Alan Levine, mcli)
• 11:45 am
  Lunch and Reflective Discussion
• 1:00 pm
  Group Discussions: Chart the course for the New Action Groups- First find your locations! Your name tags will each have 4 numbers in sequence, corresponding to the tables you will go to for each of the subsequent café discussions. In this time period, you will get the chance to meet with one of the co-chairs of each of the 4 new Action Groups and provide input to each group. You will also meet with a different group each time.
  • 1:10 - 1:30 pm (round 1)
  • 1:30 - 1:45 pm (round 2)
  • 1:45 - 2:00 pm (round 3)
  • 2:00 - 2:15 pm (round 4)
  See summaries of notes taken from these sessions.
• 2:15 pm
  College Discussions: How Do We Want to Participate? Look for assigned discussion areas for each college.
• 2:45 pm
  Summary and Synthesis A panel discussion with the new Ocotillo chairs-- hear their reflection from the earlier activity rounds.
• 3:15 pm
  Closing, thank yous, event evaluations.
• 3:30 pm
  Adjourn