Distance Education Committee
(a joint committee of the Santa Monica College Academic Senate)
2008-2009 Objectives



1.   Discuss platform improvements, platform alternatives and platform parameter requirements, survey faculty as needed, and make
      recommendations to administration and eCollege personnel as needed.

 

2.     Formulate requests for support for the Distance Education program, to inform administration, through appropriate channels, of Distance Education needs.

 

3.     Discuss and develop and put into flowchart form best practices for protocols surrounding the administrative aspects of implementing SMC policies and procedures in an online environment.

 

4.     Review issues, as required, relating to DE interface with other campus constituencies. 

 

5.     Solicit input and participation from faculty new to teaching distance education courses and expand outreach to experienced faculty via CCConfer or other technologies. 

 

6.     Update and maintain the Distance Education Committee portion of the Academic Senate Website.

 

7.     Follow-up and track the results of the implementation of the student evaluations of online faculty.