DE Report to EPC - October 2008

1. Here is copy of a DE report to Accreditation as an overview of our past work - http://lamc-ddl.pbwiki.com/lamc-report

2. We are currently working in the following:

a. develop a set of deadlines for submission by faculty of online classes - see http://lamc-ddl.pbwiki.com/deadlines

b. prepare a SWOT analysis of DE to become part of the Tech Master Plan update - see http://missionitac.pbwiki.com/swot-analysis

c. review Statistics on Growth of Online classes - see http://lamc-ddl.pbwiki.com/f/Online%20Instruction.pdf - also George Prather PPT at http://lamc-ddl.pbwiki.com/f/On-line%20Instruction%20Power%20Point.ppt

 d. Discuss working on a Unit Assessment for our DE Committee and activities. Contact Maury Pearl and discuss with EPC.

e. Discuss developing a "Help Desk" Knowledge Data base with WebQA for our online students - http://www.customfaqs.com/pdfs/CF_EdQA7-How does it work.pdf

Here are some concerns and issues that our DE Committe will address in future meetings

Issues and Concerns regarding Distance Education at Mission :

1. Student success : Mission College needs to organize a Student Success Committee and to develop success initiatives related to our online students.

2. Student Satisfaction Sureys - Online faculty need to be encouraged to provide a Student Satisfaction Survey at the end of each online class, and the results should be one of the factors in the instructor evaluation of online faculty.

3. Instructor Evaluation by Department Chairs - A schedule needs to be established by Department Chairs of their online faculty. DE will assist in this evaluation at the request of the Department Chairs.

4. Content review of new online classes - DE and Department Chairs, and Curriculum need to develop policies and procedures for content reivew of new online classes. - DONE

5. New Online Classes - develop a policy to select and encourage certain faculty to develop online classes, and ensure their training and mentoring. Also develop a Strategic Plan for Distance Education - see sample template at Strategic Plan Template 

6. New Instructor Mentoring Program - Develop a mentoring program of experienced online faculty who will mentor new online faculty.

7. Course Management Platforms - Test the etudes ng, coursecompass, and moodle course management systems, and determine long term stability and develop a set of guidelines, and a feasability study for each current CMS platform and for adopting new CMS systems and new technology in the future.

8. Section 508 Compliance - Adopt accverify program and implement it in each online course to ensure Section 508 compliance.

9. Orientation to online classes - Investigate the possibility of an orientation to online classes as a prerequisite for online students

10. User Groups - Start user groups, and resources for each CMS in use by Mission online faculty (etudes ng, coursecompass and moodle)

11. Long term agreements with CMS Providers - work with the LACCD to acquire long term agreements with one or more CMS providers.

12. DE Coordinator Release Time - As our online programs and classes grow, more time is required by the DE Coordinator to coordinate the DE classes at Mission and also attend the District DE meetings. The DE Coordinator should receive release time for this job in the future.DONE

DE Coordinator Duties and Responsibilities were established - http://lamc-ddl.pbwiki.com/de-coordinator and currently the DE Coordinator receives 12 hours (hourly pay) per month.