January 15, 2021 Meeting
Agenda
Friday, January 15, 2021
1:10 P.M. 鈥 2:00 P.M.
Call to Order:
Public Commentary:
Action Items
- Approval of December 14, 2020 Minutes ACTION
Old Business
New Business
Discussion Items
- Committee Goals for 2020-2021 DISCUSSION
- Updates to Distance Learning Approval Forms DISCUSSION
- Accessibility Considerations/Instructional Strategies DISCUSSION
Other
Adjournment
Next Meeting: February 8, 2021, 12:10 P.M. 鈥 1:00 P.M.
Minutes
Friday, January 15, 2021 (In-Service Session)
1:10 P.M. 鈥 2:00 P.M.
Via Zoom
Call to Order: A. Bledsoe, 1:11 P.M.
Attendees: Amar Abbott, Marianne C. Bishop (non-voting), Adam Bledsoe, Geoffrey Dyer, Chris Flachmann, Kelly Kulzer-Reyes, Leslie Minor (non-voting), Jason Page, Robin Polski, Joy Reynolds
Public Commentary: None
Approval of Minutes
- December 14, 2020 Minutes submitted by M. Bishop
- Minutes adopted by unanimous consent
Discussion Items
- Committee approved four goals:
- Review all Distance Learning requests
- Review DL Approval forms
- Review Distance Education Accessibility Plan
- Present revised DL form to faculty and create a video that explains form (suggested by R. Polski)
- Committee members actively engaged in a discussion that focused on the Emergency Approval
Form
- Note: Since A. Bledsoe will be submitting a revised draft of the form at the February 8th meeting based on this day鈥檚 discussion, only brief highlights of the discussion will be included in these minutes.
- Revisions to the form were submitted by K. Kulzer-Reyes and M. Bishop late last year.
- The 鈥Date of First Submission鈥 and 鈥淒ate of Resubmission鈥 will be added to the form.
- For Question #2: The paragraph that starts with 鈥淭his course is being approved for online, offline,
and hybrid delivery鈥 was removed.
- Question now starts with 鈥淭his course is appropriate for (select all that apply):鈥
- How to define 鈥渙nline,鈥 鈥渉ybrid,鈥 and 鈥渙ffline鈥 was discussed at length.
- Several months ago, DEETAC (Distance Education Technology Advisory Committee) started discussions on the definitions of these terms but discussions were eventually paused. The system-wide Distance Education Guidelines included guidance on definitions of courses but have not been approved by the Chancellor鈥檚 Office or shared with the system. Since there was confusion in the past when faculty submitted their responses to the forms regarding these terms, meeting focused on clarifying these terms.
- There was discussion about the definition of 鈥渉ybrid鈥 to determine whether to include synchronous meetings. Scheduling of synchronous classes vary from section to section depending on the instructor. It is a separate issue from the focus of the form as an addendum to the COR.
- The term 鈥渉ybrid鈥 has been referred to by various sectors as 鈥渁 combination of online and face-to-face/in-person classes at a physical location.鈥
- Suggestions to the form for definition of 鈥渉ybrid鈥 included:
Requires an in-person component
Includes face-to-face classes
- Regarding 鈥渙ffline鈥 courses, the committee discussed whether this mode of delivery needed to be in the form and
whether to include 鈥渃orrespondence鈥 courses as 鈥渙ffline.鈥 There is one correspondence
course currently being offered.
- 鈥淥ffline鈥 will still be included in the form and suggestions for definition of 鈥渙ffline鈥
included:
Limited to incarcerated students
Exclusively for incarcerated students
- 鈥淥ffline鈥 will still be included in the form and suggestions for definition of 鈥渙ffline鈥
included:
- Polski inquired about having a fillable form. A. Bledsoe mentioned he will edit the boxes on the Word form.
- Discussion ended with a few members needing to leave. At the Feb. 8th meeting, committee will resume discussion on Question #3 of the Emergency form regarding percentages of distance learning courses offered in a particular program. Moreover, committee will discuss whether we will review the form or not if a Substantive Change has not yet been submitted to ACCJC. Additional information on the form will be discussed.
- Committee plans to finalize the Emergency and traditional forms at the Feb. 8th
Adjournment
Bledsoe moved to adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 2:00 P.M.