Taft College Distance Learning and Education Committee
MINUTES
Monday April 13, 2020
12:10 pm – 1:00 pm
Via Zoom
Call to Order: Bledsoe, 12:10 pm
In Attendance: Amar Abbott, Nicole Avina, Adam Bledsoe, Jill Brown, Christopher Chung-Wee, Geoffrey Dyer, Chris Flachmann, Kelly Kulzer-Reyes, Steven McDaniel, Leslie Minor, Joy Reynolds, Brandy Young
Public Commentary: None
Action Items
- Approval of Minutes
- March 9, 2020 minutes
- Minutes adopted by unanimous consent
Reports: None
Old Business: None
New Business:
- Distance Learning Approval Forms
- ART 1500
- Motion to forward to Curriculum Committee: Kulzer-Reyes.
- Second: Young.
- COSC 1532
- Motion to forward to Curriculum Committee with comment that the lab referenced in the COR is not a traditional lab. It can be completed as an asynchronous class activity: Kulzer-Reyes.
- Second: Dyer.
- COSC 1603
- Motion to forward to Curriculum Committee with comment that the lab referenced in the COR is not a traditional lab. It can be completed as an asynchronous class activity: Kulzer-Reyes.
- Second: Abbott.
- COSC 1703
- Motion to forward to Curriculum Committee with comment that the lab referenced in the COR is not a traditional lab. It can be completed as an asynchronous class activity: Kulzer-Reyes.
- Second: McDaniel.
- COSC 1812
- Motion to forward to Curriculum Committee with comment that the lab referenced in the COR is not a traditional lab. It can be completed as an asynchronous class activity: Kulzer-Reyes.
- Second: Abbott.
- COSC 1902
- Motion to forward to Curriculum Committee with comment that the lab referenced in the COR is not a traditional lab. It can be completed as an asynchronous class activity: Kulzer-Reyes.
- Second: Brown.
- COSC 2020
- Motion to forward to Curriculum Committee with comment that the lab referenced in the COR is not a traditional lab. It can be completed as an asynchronous class activity: Kulzer-Reyes.
- Second: Brown.
- ECEF 1531
- Motion to forward to Curriculum Committee: McDaniel.
- Second: Young.
- Motion to send back to faculty with comment that committee would like to see question number four on this form address how observations of preschool children in both family and classroom settings can be accomplished in an online and offline format: Kulzer-Reyes.
- Second: Reynolds.
- Motion passed.
- MATH 230
- Motion to forward to Curriculum Committee with comment that the committee discussed accessibility concerns of courses that use MyMathLab but noted there have been recent improvements with the software: Dyer.
- Second: Kulzer-Reyes.
- MATH 240
- Motion to forward to Curriculum Committee with comment that the committee discussed accessibility concerns of courses that use MyMathLab but noted there have been recent improvements with the software: Reynolds.
- Second: Dyer.
- MATH 1050
- Motion to forward to Curriculum Committee with comment that the committee discussed accessibility concerns of courses that use MyMathLab but noted there have been recent improvements with the software: Reynolds.
- Second: Young.
- MATH 1060
- Motion to forward to Curriculum Committee with comment that the committee discussed accessibility concerns of courses that use MyMathLab but noted there have been recent improvements with the software: Reynolds.
- Second: McDaniel.
- MATH 1500
- Committee discussed occasional lab activities of computer and/or calculator are a class activity and not a traditional lab.
- Motion to forward to Curriculum Committee with comment that the committee discussed accessibility concerns of courses that use MyMathLab but noted there have been recent improvements with the software: Abbott.
- Motion passed.
- MGMT 1520
- Motion to forward to Curriculum Committee: Kulzer-Reyes.
- Second: Abbott.
- MGMT 1525
- Motion to forward to Curriculum Committee: Kulzer-Reyes.
- Second: Abbott.
- MGMT 1540
- Motion to forward to Curriculum Committee: McDaniel.
- Second: Reynolds.
- SPAN 2001
- Motion to forward to Curriculum Committee: Kulzer-Reyes.
- Second: Abbott.
- SOC 2110
- Motion to forward to Curriculum Committee: Kulzer-Reyes.
- Second: McDaniel.
Discussion Items:
- Additional meetings may be needed
- Discussion centered on Chancellor’s memo requiring a plan for local approval of all courses being transitioned to distance education to be completed by December 30, 2020.
- Committee felt it will be important to educate faculty on our current Distance Learning Approval form in order to avoid submissions that have omitted key information and would thus delay the approval process.
- Committee also discussed adding a new check box to form indicating if the course is only to be approved on a temporary basis in emergency situations.
Other: None
Adjournment: 1:00 pm