TAFT COLLEGE
Distance Education Committee Minutes
November 18, 2019
12:10 pm – 1:00 pm
S-11
In Attendance: Amar Abbott, Nicole Avina, Adam Bledsoe, Jill Brown, Geoffrey Dyer, Kelly Kulzer-Reyes, Joy Reynolds, Brandy Young
Absent: Leslie Minor
- Approval of Minutes-
- October 14, 2019- Adopted by unanimous consent with no suggested edits.
- October 30, 2019- Adopted by unanimous consent with no suggested edits.
- Distance Learning Approval Forms
- DRAM 1500- The COR of this class lists required attendance of theatre performances. Question 3-How will students meet the requirement to attend live theatre performances in an online course.
Note: this is a COR revision course.
Action taken: Course is being sent back for revisions to the form.
- HUM 1500- The COR of this class lists required attendance of theatre performances as well as visiting a museum. Question 3-How will online/offline students meet the requirement to attend live theatre performances or visit a museum.
Note: this is a COR revision course.
Action taken: Amar motions to send form back for revision, Brandy seconds, all in favor. Course is being sent back for revisions to the form.
- ENGL 1500
Action taken: Nicole motions to approve without reservations, Joy seconds, all in favor.
- ENGL 1600:
Action taken: Amar motions to approve without reservations, Nicole seconds, all in favor.
Committee Charter Suggested Revisions:
- Specific Responsibilities- #9 should read: Monitor and make recommendations in regard to state-wide committees and initiatives related to Distance Education.
- Amend Charter Name- Renaming Committee to ‘Distance Learning’ will help avoid confusion with other committees on campus that have the same acronyms. Committee unanimously agreed to change the Title to Distance Learning & Education Committee
Joy motions to approve the suggested edits to the charter, Amar seconds, and the motion carries.
Question: Regarding quorum, are we going to run into problems if we do not have a student that regularly attends our committee meetings? We are having difficulty finding an available student.
Distance Learning Approval Form:
- Add a question, “Has this course been previously approved for Distance Education”, also add an “Other, please explain” option.
- Add an area at the top of the for that asks the faculty member to add a copy of the COR and CID
- Add a check box so faculty can indicate if a sub change form has been submitted for this program. A hyperlink should be added that directs them to the IR webpage with the current list of Sub Change Form approvals list.
- Add a checkbox- “Required field trips, event attendance, etc.”
- We need to add a way to approve DE courses by mode (online/hybrid/offline). Currently all courses are blanket approved, but there may be different needs for each mode.
- It was suggested that Offline not be considered a part of this process. This is a larger conversation that will need to go through Instruction and possibly the Academic Senate.
