Recommendation 3: Distance Education

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Recommendation 3: Distance Education

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A. Response to the Recommendation
- A.1. Status of "Additional Plans" from the College's Follow-Up Report 2011
- A.2. Status of New Actions in Support of a High Quality Distance Education Program
B. Analysis and Resolution of Deficiencies
C. Sustainability Agenda

A. Response to the Recommendation

Distance Education Committee Members (2011-12)	Academic Senate
Maula Allen	Sara McKinnon
Sandy Boyd
Carl Cox
Ingrid Kelly	Online Services Leaders (2011-2012)
Alisa Klinger (Chair)	Susan Andrien
Ira Lansing	Bob Balestreri
Sara Lefkowitz	John Erdmann
John Marmysz	Theo Fung
Kathleen Smyth	Faye Mueller
Brian Wilson	Becky Reetz

Moodle Production Team Members (2011-2012)	DE Accreditation Response Team (DEART)
Susan Andrien	Chialin Hsieh
Shook Chung	Alisa Klinger
Alice Dieli	Matt Markovich
Steve Dodson	Marshall Northcott
Alisa Klinger	David Snyder
Marshall Northcott
Burton Schane

A.1 Status of "Additional Plans" from the College's Follow-Up Report 2011

Faculty in Pedagogy and/or Moodle Training Courses (June 2011-April 2012) (list)
Faculty in Pedagogy and/or Moodle Training Courses (June 2011-June 2012) (list)
List of online faculty in Pedagogy and/or Moodle Training (as of May 2012)
List of faculty in one-one Moodle training (June 2011-March 2012)
Student Evaluation of Distance Education Course and Instructor (pending approval)
Instructional Performance Distance Education (DE) Observation Form (pending approval)
Job description (sample)
Interview questions (available upon request)
Survey of DE Students Fall 2011
Academic Senate Recommendations regarding Distance Education (spring 2012)
Academic Senate Faculty Survey on Distance Education at College of Marin 2012 (spring 2012)
Academic Senate Faculty Survey on Distance Education - Results Overview and Comments (spring 2012)
Academic Senate Faculty Distance Education Survey Comments Analysis - March 2012
DE Student Characteristics and Success Report (spring 2012)
Online Writing Center Final Reports (spring 2011, fall 2011, spring 2012)
College of Marin Course Outline Addendum for Distance Education Courses
College of Marin Course Outline Guide--Best Practice for Distance Education
ADA Compliance guidelines in Faculty Handbook
College of Marin Schedule of Classes (fall 2011, spring 2012, summer 2012, fall 2012)
Article about Moodle/Online Writing Center in Echo Times (spring 2012)
President's Circle film about Distance Education and the Online Writing Center (OWC) (spring 2012) - Link to YouTube video
Distance Education Faculty Coordinator Report (spring 2012)
Rubric for Developing Teaching Online Courses (spring 2012)
Faculty Support Service (including training, FLEX, etc.) (Distance Education Website)
Distance Education Website
Fall 2012 Schedule DE Course Welcome Letter (Distance Education Website, Online Course fall 2012)
AP 4105 Distance Education
COM New Faculty Academy Schedule - References to OWC and Moodle
DE@COM Newsletter
Online Student Support Services (Distance Education Website)
Distance Education Committee charge (Academic Senate Website)
College of Marin Distance Education Plan 2012-2015 (spring 2012)

A.2 Status of New Actions in Support of a High Quality Distance Education Program

Distance Education Website
Online Writing Center Final Reports (spring 2011, fall 2011, spring 2012)
Technology Accessibility Study
- COM Web Accessibility Standards and Guidelines
- COM Web Accessibility Checklist
- Rubric for self evaluation of courses (Items #16 and #26 outline the criteria for ADA compliance.)
- ADA Section 508 Compliance
Distance Education Program Review 2011
COM Faculty Handbook
College of Marin Schedule of Classes (DE section)
Fall 2011 Flex Program Workshop Schedule - Getting Started with Moodle Hands-on Workshop and Tools & Tips for Teaching with Moodle
@ONE Moodle Training
Fall 2012 DE Course Welcome Letter
Moodle Home Page – Moodle Poster Student (login and password required)
Moodle Home Page - Poster Students Archive (PDF) (see Archives for past highlighted students)
Moodle Production Team (meeting and minutes available upon request)
Online Writing Center (OWC) self-registration (login and password required)
Technology Survey for students and faculty (including distance education questions)
Survey of DE Students Fall 2011 (to determine needs)
DE Student Characteristics and Success Report (from PRIE)
COM Academic Senate Recommendations regarding Distance Education
Academic Senate Faculty Survey on Distance Education (spring 2012)
Academic Senate Faculty Survey on Distance Education - Results and Comments (spring 2012)
Academic Senate Faculty Distance Education Survey Comments Analysis (March 2012)
President's Circle film about Distance Education and the Online Writing Center (OWC) (spring 2012) - Link to YouTube video
Spring 2012 Flex
@ONE Moodle Training
@ONE Pedagogy Training
Moodle training over four terms
DEC meeting minutes (Jan. 27, 2011, March 31, 2011, Sept. 1, 2011, Oct. 13, 2011, Feb. 22, 2012, March 7, 2012, April 18, 2012)
AP 4105 Distance Education

B. Analysis and Resolution of Deficiencies

B.1 Allocation of Resources for the DE Program

MyCOM Portal (login and password required)
Moodle (login and password required)
Instructional Technologist/DE Job Description
DE Faculty Facilitator Job Description
Moodle Migration Team and Timeline
Moodle Production Team (meeting and minutes upon request)

B.2 Enhancement of DE Infrastructure and its Sustainability

Faculty in Pedagogy and/or Moodle Training (June 2011-April 2012) (list)
Faculty in Pedagogy and/or Moodle Training Courses (June 2011-June 2012) (list)
Online faculty in Pedagogy and/or Moodle Training (May 2012)
Faculty one-one Moodle training (June 2011-March 2012)
Faculty Support Service (including training, FLEX, etc.) (DE Website)
Online Student Support Services (DE Website)
Online Student Support Services (Moodle Homepage, login and password reqired)

B.3 Improved Quality of the DE Curricula

Academic Senate Report to Board of Trustees (September 18, 2012)
Distance Education Committee charge (Academic Senate Website)
Student Evaluation of Distance Education Course and Instructor (pending approval)
Instructional Performance Distance Education (DE) Observation Form (pending approval)
Curriculum Committee Course Outline of Record (login and password required)
College of Marin Course Outline Addendum for Distance Education Courses
College of Marin Course Outline Guide--Best Practice for Distance Education
College of Marin Schedule of Classes (fall 2011, spring 2012, summer 2012, fall 2012)
AP 4105 Distance Education
Fall 2012 Schedule - Distance Education Course Welcome Letter (DE Website, Online Course Fall 2012)
Survey of DE Students Fall 2011 (to determine needs)
Academic Senate Recommendations regarding Distance Education (spring 2012)
Academic Senate Faculty Survey on Distance Education at College of Marin 2012 (spring 2012)
Academic Senate Faculty Survey on Distance Education - Survey Results and Comments (spring 2012)
Academic Senate Faculty Distance Education Survey Comments Analysis
College of Marin Distance Education Plan 2012-2015 (spring 2012)
ADA Compliance Guidelines in COM Faculty Handbook
Email to Faculty about Course Material and ADA Compliance
Course Rubric related to develop online course
BP 3720 Information Technology Use
AP 3720 Information Technology Use
Distance Education Course Student Learning Outcomes Results (example 1 and example 2)

B.4 Developed the College of Marin Distance Education Plan 2012-2015

C. Sustainability Agenda

Distance Education Plan 2012-2015, section "2012-2015 Initiatives" (starting page 25)

Accreditation: Evidence for 2012 Report - Recommendation 3: Distance Education
Content Responsible: Dr. Chialin Hsieh, Director of PRIE and ALO Liaison, 415.485.9545
Technical Contact: Sara McKinnon, Academic Senate President, 415.485.9411 ext. 7924

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