Goals for District Online Committee (D.O.C.) Distance Education Goals 2008/2009 1. SLO & Retention Chesbro*, Abrahamson, Lorbeer 1.1. Initiate a Student Learning Outcomes Assessment project specific to distance education, such as improving student readiness or retention in online courses. Ideas include an autogenerated online survey of student who drop classes or create, test, and evaluate a student readiness assessment tool. 1.2. Assess and implement strategies to improve retention rates of online students. (in progress from 07/08) 1.3. Regularly review data mining studies of online retention specifically comparing retention rates of online and face-to-face sections for all clusters. (DOC) 1.4. Research best practices for online retention (Chesbro) 1.5. Regularly schedule faculty trainings on online retention and/or create web-based module. (DOC) 1.6. Post best practices for retention of students on web (DOC and CATE sites) 2. Faculty Contract Changes -- (Abrahamson, J. Frank, Usina, in progress from 07/08) 2.1. Seek approval for faculty job description changes that include language specific to the demands of the online environment. 2.2.Finalize proposed changes to the faculty evaluation process, faculty evaluation forms, and student evaluation forms, more specific to the online environment. (DTREC, DOC subcommittee, in progress) 2.3.Seek approval for a student evaluation form more appropriate to the online environment (DOC, DTREC). 2.4.Seek approval for an Online Evaluation Rubric. (DOC, DTREC) 3. Best Practices Usina, Jaderstrom (in progress from 07/08) 3.1. Review and update SRJC Best Practices for Online Teaching description on the web. 3.2. Finalize proposed changes to the faculty evaluation process, faculty evaluation forms, and student evaluation forms, more specific to the online environment. (DTREC, DOC subcommittee, in progress) 3.3. Report to Academic Affairs. 4. DOC Website Hemenway (ongoing) 4.1 Review and update District Online Committee Website. (DOC) 4.2 Add new information including TEACH Act and Accessibility Guidelines. 5. DOC Calendar of Trainings J. Frank*, Chesbro (ongoing) 5.1. Develop and coordinate an annual calendar of trainings for online teaching. (DOC) 5.2. Coordinate with sequence of CATE trainings each semester. (Stone) 5.3. Coordinate with sequence of Academic Computing trainings each semester. (Chesbro) 5.4. Identify presenters and schedule presentations for other topics of special interest (DOC). 5.5. Invite Chancellor's office speaker to present again on online Accessibility issues. Distance Education Goals 1/30/09 Revision Page 1 of 5
6. Student Integrity Usina*, Jaderstrom 6.1. Explore ways to ensure integrity of student work, particularly examinations for online courses. 6.2. Work with Dean of Matriculation to determine if students can take exams in SRJC assessment center, with proctor. 6.3. Work with Dean of Matriculation to determine if SRJC can make agreements with other CC Districts or 4-year schools to test our students in exchange for our testing theirs. 6.4. Work with Senate Academic Integrity Task Force. (Usina) 7. Faculty DE Technology Needs Survey (All) 7.1. Conduct a survey of faculty needs and wants in regards to Distance Education Technology. (Senate, DOC) 7.2. Report to Senate and Academic Affairs Council. Distance Education Goals 1/30/09 Revision Page 2 of 5
Goals for Dean, Liberal Arts and Sciences 1. Continue the Online College Course Development Project, particularly soliciting courses in those areas where there is high demand, high enrollment, key general education courses or courses that are part of online certificates/majors. (Abrahamson) 1.1. Solicit online course development each summer, fall, and spring.(abrahamson) 1.2. Create a "shared ownership" agreement to address Intellectual Property Rights. 2. Develop, coordinate, and publicize new online majors and certificates. (Abrahamson) 2.1. Apply to ACCJC to add new certificates and degree options. 2.2. Publicize in class schedule and College Catalog. 2.3. Create a website for the Online Learning, including links to online majors and certificates. 3. Continue to expand online enrollments by 10% per year by assuring adequate resources for expansion. (Abrahamson) 3.1. Advocate for Distance Education Director position. 3.2. Advocate for online class design support position (.50 FTE). 4. Review any existing guidelines for Online Accessibility, and draft new policy, procedures, and guidelines as needed. (Abrahamson) 4.1. Draft Accessibility Policy and share with DOC, CATE, AAC, the Academic Senate and Online Faculty. 4.2. Establish a plan for ongoing Accessibility Review of online courses. 5. Explore and evaluate issues that impact student access. (Abrahamson) 5.1. Working with Student Services, expand the number of student services that are accessible and visible online. 5.2. Consider a policy that all instructors at SRJC must have a CATE homepage that links to whatever server they use. Distance Education Goals 1/30/09 Revision Page 3 of 5
Goals for CATE Work Group 1.0 Integrate CATE system with the new A&R software. (Stone) 2.0 Analyze current levels of technical support provided to online faculty and students, particularly for weekend and evening hours, and recommend necessary or desirable level of support. (CATE Work Group) 3.0 Evaluate options for course delivery platforms and determine if SRJC will remain with one platform (CATE) or adopt a different or multiple course delivery options. 3.1 Consider advantages or disadvantages of a policy or guideline requiring CATE as consistent entry point for ALL online classes, regardless of platform or server. 3.2 Analyze costs of providing more than one delivery platform. 3.3 Review issues of integration of materials provided by textbook publishers. 4.0 Evaluate options and recommend future directions for Distance Education based on analysis of costs and benefits. (CATE Work Group) 4.1 Evaluate challenges of increasing use of online video and recommend needed infrastructure support. 4.2 Evaluate how new Doyle Library media classrooms can be most effectively used. 4.3 Evaluate synchronous delivery options. 4.4 Explore the best use of video-based distance education. 4.5 Initiate discussions with Petaluma campus about video broadcast of lectures from Santa Rosa to Petaluma, especially classes that are needed to fulfill majors and certificates there. 5.0 Draft a Distance Education Plan for consideration of Academic Affairs to include levels of staffing needed to implement and support the plan. Include in PRPP. (Abrahamson, CATE Work Group)) References: o (CCC-IS) 2004-05 CCC Chancellors Office Annual Distance Education Institutional Survey http://misweb.cccco.edu/esed/disted/de_results04_05.cfm o (DOC-FS) Faculty Survey administered by DOC Fall 05 results not published o (DOC) PDA & Flex Activities Feedback, 2006/07 not published o (OCP) Online College Project http://online.santarosa.edu/homepage/billstone/oc_procedure.html o (Policy) SRJC Policy 3.12.1 Online Instruction/Distance Education - Currently in review by Board. http://www.santarosa.edu/~usina/de_policy/pol- Proc3_12_2_Online_Final.doc Distance Education Goals 1/30/09 Revision Page 4 of 5
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