In addition to the discussion and research that the Foothill College Campus Conversation group is pursuing, there are a number of additional examples of the scholarship of teaching and learning which exhibit themselves throughout our campus.

Internet Online Student Survey

Dr. Roxanne Baxter Mendrinos, American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow 1999-2000, has developed a research study to assess faculty and student attitudes towards online distance learning and to develop a profile of the successful online distance learning student. Faculty surveys were distributed in print format and was also available to be taken and submitted through a web site. The student surveys were distributed through the web site format. The research study was developed as an ACE project for Foothill College. Dr. Mendrinos is working closely with Institutional Research at the Foothill-De Anza Community College District, and with the Web Master for Distance Learning at De Anza College. For more information on this project, please contact Dr. Roxanne Baxter Mendrinos.

Spring Flex Day Activities

Our keynote speaker will be Jeanne Kincaid, Esq. who will be speaking on Students with Disabilities in Higher Education.

Opening Day 2000 Activities

• Dr. Uri Treisman, Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Charles A. Dana Center was our keynote speaker. He spoke at the request of the Academic Senate which had chosen as its focus for this year: Academic Standards and the Success of our Student. Dr. Treisman discussed the topics of academic standards, student performance, and what we need to do to improve student learning, especially that of our minority students. His speech was summarized by the Chancellor's column in the October/November edition of Connections. That article is reprinted here.
• Dr. Christine Johnson from Rowan University spoke on the Learning Inventory Project.
• Dr. Daniel Amen, a pioneer of the neurobiology of learning and brain imaging, spoke about the neurobiology of the brain as it relates to learning styles.