The Examined Life

on DVD

Look for The Examined Life as a DVD box set in November! The four-disc DVD set will incorporate all 26 video lessons, as well as video review segments identified within each episode. Member colleges that elect to may request two FREE DVD sets – for local duplication and faculty review. Bulk quantities for distance learning will be priced at $15 each.

Saddleback Pilots Something Ventured Using Video iPods

INTELECOM will soon publish results of a pilot course offering of Something Ventured using both video streaming and downloadable video encoded for use on the iPod. The pilot is expected to yield important information on using a blend of digital delivery platforms, as well as the efficacy of mobile technology in support of distance learning.

Inside Out Faculty Innovation Grants Awarded

INTELECOM is pleased to announce the first Faculty Innovation Grants. Dr. Ginger Osborne, Santa Ana College , and Dr. Edelwina Rivere, Ventura College , will each receive $500 in support of Inside Out Fall 2006 implementation. The goal of the Faculty Innovation Grant program is to encourage new and innovative uses of INTELECOM courses. For more information contact Meg Cundiff, extension 110 or mcundiff@intelecom.org.

Our Families, Ourselves

Available Fall 2007

Production is well underway on the newest INTELECOM production, and introduction to marriages and families, Our Families, Ourselves. The course will replace the popular Portrait of a Family course.

Correlated to the textbook Marriages and Families: Changes, Choices and Constraints (Prentice Hall) by Nijole Benokraitis, Our Families, Ourselves offers a contemporary look at marriages and families - and the choices, changes and constraints that affect individuals, diverse family types, and interpersonal relationships.

Course components include:

- 18 half-hour video lessons

- Course textbook (Prentice Hall)

- Video Review Segments (DVD)

- "Find Out More" core concept clips (DVD)

- Course Study Guide (print and e-versions)

- Faculty Guide and Exam Bank

Individual lessons in Our Families, Ourselves will address such traditional topics as gender, love, marriage, the decision to parent, stepfamilies, domestic violence and aging. The course will also explore diversity in the family and interpersonal relationships, including racial and ethnic families and same sex parents.

As To request a FREE preview kit, contact Espy Martinez at (800) 576-2988, extension 117.

At Your Service

We would like to introduce you to some new, and not so new, members of the Marketing and Member Services Department:

Cameron Cox, Vice President, Marketing & Member Services

Meg Cundiff, Senior Director, Higher Education Services

Espy Martinez, Coordinator, Marketing & Member Services

Chris Murray, Administrative Assistant

We look forward, as a team, to working with our member colleges and providing ever better levels of service. Your contact for regular and ongoing needs is Espy Martinez, extension 117, emartinez@intelecom.org.

Quality...On Demand

As announced at our 37th Annual Meeting, INTELECOM will begin pilot implementation of a new video on demand service beginning Winter/Spring 2007.

This innovative service, made possible by the San Bernardino Community College District and INTELECOM, will enable your campus to pull together the best of two worlds – superior course content from INTELECOM and the interactivity, assessment and grade book features common to most campus course management systems.

To pilot this marriage of technology and content in your campus, contact Cameron Cox, extension 112, or Meg Cundiff, extension 110.