Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Community College Site Visit 8/7/02

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Community College (LCOOCC) is located in northwestern Wisconsin on the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation. The college is impressive with its excellent facilities and extensive course offerings including Cisco training, computer basics, web-design, PC ware, GIS, GPS, and Remote Sensing to name some of the more advanced technical offerings. I met with Greg Furtman (Director of IT Development), Jeff Ames (IT Development Specialist), and Renfro Carley (Network Engineer).

Similarly to LLTC, the group was running the CPE as a stand alone to provide internet access to an open lab and run a distance education course in remote sensing. They are currently looking at multi-port server options to bridge the Tachyon into the college's network. The CPE will also provide access in the newly redesigned geospatial technologies lab.

Other proposed uses include providing outreach access. LCOOCC has extension sites at Red Cliff, Bad River, and St. Criox. Procuring terminals for these sites is a future possibility. Currently a large number of adjunct instructors teach courses at these sites. The ability to videoconference or multicast courseware would be very beneficial.

Jeff Ames is very excited about the potential that I2 may provide, as he and Greg expand the college's technology infrastructure. Both are working under a NSF grant to build the virtual portion of the college. Currently there are seven webcourses being offered: Computer Basics, PC-Ware, Web Page Development, Composition II, Medical Terminology, Environmental Science, and Technology for Teachers. They intend to add more in the near future.

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Craig Campbell
Project Coordinator for
Tribal Colleges and Indian Affairs
American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC)
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