OCTC's KOOL Academy Participants
Owensboro, KY (05/31/2019) — Three Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) employees participated in a statewide KCTCS KOOL Academy: Assistant Professor Jacqueline Siljander in the Veterinary Technology program (KOOL Academy Faculty), Instructor Julie Embry coordinator of the Medical Information Technology and Administrative Office Technology programs (KOOL Academy Faculty), and Training and Professional Development Specialist, Lorraine Sturgeon (KOOL Academy Instructional Expert), attended a week long retreat at Jenny Wiley State Park. The KOOL Academy is a year-long teaching and learning experience designed to pair faculty with Instructional Experts in order to review, revise, and redesign online courses to meet Blackboard's Exemplary Course program standards.
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Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.
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The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.
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Three Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) employees participated in a statewide KCTCS KOOL Academy: Assistant Professor Jacqueline Siljander in the Veterinary Technology program (KOOL Academy Faculty), Instructor Julie Embry coordinator of the Medical Information Technology and Administrative Office Technology programs (KOOL Academy Faculty), and Training and Professional Development Specialist, Lorraine Sturgeon (KOOL Academy Instructional Expert), attended a week long retreat at Jenny Wiley State Park. The KOOL Academy is a year-long teaching and learning experience designed to pair faculty with Instructional Experts in order to review, revise, and redesign online courses to meet Blackboard’s Exemplary Course program standards.
