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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Chancellor's Office of Communications<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 12, 2015 1:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> CIO <br>
<b>Subject:</b> IMPORTANT UPDATES on the California Community Colleges Online Education Initiave (OEI), Education Planning Initiative (EPI), and Common Assessment Initiative (CAI)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Do you want to stay up-to-speed on all of the exciting and important information coming out of the California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative
(OEI), Education Planning Initiative (EPI), and Common Assessment Initiative (CAI)? If so, then we have some great resources and updates for you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">UPDATES:</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><br>
The California Community Colleges </span><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="http://ccconlineed.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#74A824">Online Education Initiative</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">
(</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">OEI) announced its intent to award
<i>Instructure Inc.</i> the contract to provide a state-wide online course management system and related services. READ MORE:
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#77933C"><a href="http://bit.ly/1E5aQqQ"><span style="color:#77933C">http://bit.ly/1E5aQqQ</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> <b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">The California Community Colleges
</span><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="http://cccassess.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#74A824">Common Assessment Initiative</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">
(</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">CAI) announced its intent to award contracts to
<i>Unicon Inc</i>. and <i>Link-Systems International Inc</i>. for development and support of CCCAssess. READ MORE:
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#77933C"><a href="http://bit.ly/1zb9wQ3"><span style="color:#77933C">http://bit.ly/1zb9wQ3</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">GET CONNECTED/STAY CONNECTED:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Did you know the California Community Colleges Technology Center puts out a monthly e-newsletter,
<i>Technology for Student Success News,</i> that features interesting news and updates on the Online Education Initiative (OEI), Education Planning Initiative (EPI), and Common Assessment Initiative (CAI). If you’re not already signed up to receive the monthly
publication, you may want to consider it. CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE MAILING LIST: </span>
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#77933C"><a href="http://bit.ly/1Mh6mTP"><span style="color:#77933C">http://bit.ly/1Mh6mTP</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">STUDENT SUCCESS/TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION ARCHIVE:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Now that you’re connected to the
<i>Technology for Student Success News</i> publication, are you disappointed you didn’t join sooner? Don’t worry! Although we do not have a DVR for you to capture the monthly e-newsletter the day it is published, we do have an archive that you can peruse
at your leisure to get caught up on important topics and connect with the latest news. REVIEW & BOOKMARK THE ARCHIVE:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">TIMELY & RELEVANT CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES TECH NEWS:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">The California Community Colleges Technology Center at Butte College publishes an e-magazine called
</span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">TechEDge</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">. This publication provides timely and relevant news about telecommunications and
technology in California's 112 community colleges.</span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">
</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Once a month an email update, including references to each new story since the last update, is sent to the TechEDge mailing list. SIGN-UP FOR TECH EDGE OR VIEW THE FEBRUARY
ISSUE: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#77933C"><a href="http://bit.ly/1j9QmkT"><span style="color:#77933C">http://bit.ly/1j9QmkT</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">We hope you find this information useful. Please do not hesitate to contact the California Community Colleges Office of Communications if you have any
questions or would like additional information. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Paige Marlatt Dorr, Director of Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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