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Responsible Department
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College Responsibilities
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Estimated Target Date
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Hire a full time Distance Learning Coordinator. |
Fall, 2001 |
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Adopt the Gavilan definition of distance learning
as online, televised, and other yet-to-be modes of learning for which
teacher and students are not physically in the same location. (not adding
online components in traditional classes.) |
Fall, 2001 |
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Request that the Curriculum committee, Faculty
Senate and Office of Instruction support the development of distance learning
with the long term goal of offering degrees and certificates online. |
Fall, 2001 |
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Join the Consortium for Open Learning, which
exists to cross-promote their distance learning classes and share pedagogical
expertise. |
Spring, 2002 |
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Pledge that online information about students
will remain off limits for any college or outside promotional purposes
without student consent. |
Fall, 2001 |
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Develop a policy on how to charge out of state
students who wish to take distance learning courses from the college. |
Fall, 2002 |
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Collect data continually on distance learning
classes with an eye to reaching new students and improving instruction
and logistics. |
Fall, 2002 |
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Adding Computer Components to Existing
Courses or Hybrid Courses
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Modify the Methods of Instruction section on
our Curriculum Form B to include choices such as: electronic bulletin
boards, email contact, synchronous conferences online, online tutorials,
online research, online projects, multimedia presentations, in addition
to the more traditional ones. |
Fall, 2001 |
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Encourage distance learning methods in all classes
at every level and provide on-going training to all instructors to make
good use of technologies involved, whether or not their classes are strictly
distance learning. |
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Online Courses / Televised Courses
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Structure distance learning courses to include
substantial faculty-student and student-student interaction. That quality
instruction and improved student distance, rather than high enrollment,
motivate Gavilan's efforts. |
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In order that distance learning at Gavilan be
accessible to our students, we recommend that email and web capacity be
the standard format. |
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Use the customary curriculum channels to approve
any distance learning curriculum before being offered at Gavilan. We recommend
that the determining factor of an online or televised course be a significant
change or decrease in the number of weekly face-to-face contact hours. |
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Draft a separate form (Form D?) for Distance
Learning course approval process and encourage adoption by the curriculum
committee, administration, and board. |
Fall, 2001 |
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Develop special student and instructor evaluations
for distance learning and use them at once. |
Fall, 2001 |
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Widely publicize the online courses once the
schedule of classes is established. |
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Negotiable Items (that need to be addressed)
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Instructors be given reassigned time, or equivalent
(20% release time for 3-unit course) Time to be taken either the semester
before the class is taught, or the 1st semester it is taught. |
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The traditional class size limits apply to distance
education classes (unless instructor waives the limit). |
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Required office hours remain the same although
they may be online for the percentage of online classes taught. |
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Distance Ed. Assignments should be voluntary,
and unwillingness to participate in distance education should not be a
negative aspect in an instructor's evaluation. |
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That no faculty members be displaced because
of distance education. |
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That instructors retain full copyright to the
classes they develop, but grant Gavilan College non-exclusive rights to
use the course as long as the instructor remains at the college. |
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Instructional Recommendations
Involving Online Courses
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Develop a list of guidelines to assist distance-learning
instructors. |
Spring, 2002 |
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Develop a distance-learning handbook for students. |
Fall, 2001 |
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Develop online student services to include:
online registration, counseling, tutoring, and financial aid. |
A.S.A.P. |
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Provide adequate ongoing training and support
with available technicians in order to maintain quality online courses. |
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Develop all distance learning courses with sensitivity
to students with disabilities, in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities
Act. |
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Use incentives so "distance ed pioneers"
will be able to spread their expertise to others. These might include:
cash incentives from the Technology Training Fund or Staff Development
Fund, software, hardware, and/ or reassigned time. |
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Create jointly developed web pages, such as
one on writing an essay test, for college-wide use. |
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The CMAP project provide sufficient bandwidth
to support digital video capabilities now and in the future. |
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