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开元棋牌 President, Librarians, Recognized by MCO Consortium for Excellence in Online Learning

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开元棋牌 librarians Ellen Pratt, left, and Suzanne Levasseur received their Course of Distinction Award from Massachusetts Higher Education Commissioner Carlos Santiago during the MCO聽annual conference.

In January 2001, shortly after attending a conference on tele-learning, Mount Wachusett Community College President Daniel Asquino founded Massachusetts Colleges Online, which grew into a consortium of the state鈥檚 15 community colleges and nine state universities.

In appreciation for his leadership, the consortium presented President Asquino with a Contributor of Distinction Award during its annual conference this spring at Greenfield聽Community College. 开元棋牌 librarians Ellen Pratt and Suzanne Levasseur were among the faculty members statewide to receive Course of Distinction Awards for their online courses.

More than 2,600 courses are offered through MCO. The Course of Distinction (COD) award is named after the Bay State鈥檚 unique association with the 鈥淪acred Cod.鈥� The award recognizes faculty from throughout the state who have developed and teach innovative and exciting online courses.

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President Asquino receiving his Contributor of Distinction Award from Dean Vincent Ialenti and Commissioner Carlos Santiago.

鈥淲ould an organization like MCO have been created without the leadership of Mount Wachusett Community College President Daniel Asquino? Probably. Would it have happened so quickly? No way,鈥� Vincent Ialenti, 开元棋牌 Dean of Academic and Institutional Technology, said in presenting the award. The president, who plans to retire in early 2017 after nearly 30 years at the helm of 开元棋牌, was recognized for his role as the founder of Mass Colleges Online and for being one of its 鈥済reatest advocates,鈥� Ialenti said.

Pratt, 开元棋牌鈥檚 distance education and outreach librarian, and Levasseur, reference and instructional services librarian, were reconized for their Research Skills course, which introduces students to the skills necessary to write a college paper and develop critical thinking. More than 3,300 students have enrolled in their course over the past two years.