Message from the Vice Chancellor

Growing from a 1988 conference on educational technology, the Ocotillo Action/Research Groups of the Maricopa Community Colleges in Tempe (Arizona) have continued to explore ways of enhancing and developing the use of instructional technologies in the community colleges. This report presents the following annual reports of the groups, which summarize their achievements and plans: (1) "Academic Alliances"; (2) "Access"; (3) "Computer Conferencing and Instruction"; (4) "Emerging Technologies 'ETc'"; (5) "Intellectual Rights"; (6) "Library User Group"; (7) "Mechanisms of Technology Implementation and Evaluation"; (8) "Open Entry/Open Exit"; (9) "Support for Technologies"; and (10) "Technology-Based