2004 ASCCC Leadership Institute
Curriculum and
Technology
Bob Grill, College of Alameda
Mark Lieu, Ohlone College
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges
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Distance Education
• Board of Governors – new Title 5 regulations – March 2002
• New Guidelines – March 2004
• Available on Chancellor’s Office website
http://www.cccco.edu/divisions/esed/aa_ir/disted.htm
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Definition of DE
• Student and instructor are separated by distance
• Technology is used 51% of the time or more to deliver instruction
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Course Quality
55207 - The same standards of course quality shall be applied to distance education as are applied to traditional classroom courses…
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Instructor Contact
55211a – All approved courses offered as distance education include regular effective contact between instructor and students, through group or individual meetings, orientation and review sessions, supplemental seminar or study sessions, field trips, library workshops, telephone contact, correspondence, voice mail, e-mail, or other activities.
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Separate Course Approval
55213 – Each proposed or existing course, if delivered by distance education, shall be separately reviewed and approved according to the district’s certified course approval procedures.
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Faculty Selection
55215 – Instructors of sections delivered via distance education technology shall be selected by the same procedures used to determine all instructional assignments.
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Number of Students
55217 – Procedures for determining the number of students assigned to a course section offered by distance education may include a review by the curriculum committee…
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Calculating FTES
58003.1 – Credit Courses
DE courses are now treated the same as courses offered in the classroom, and the same methods for calculating FTES can be used: weekly census, daily census, positive attendance, independent study.
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Calculating FTES (2)
Positive Attendance Lab (actual hours)
52 hours/semester = 52 hours
Independent Study Lab (unit = hour)
1 unit x 17.5 weeks = 17.5 hours
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Tutoring
58170 – Apportionment may be claimed for individual student tutoring only if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The individual student tutoring is conducted in a designated learning center.
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Access and Technology
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990
• Section 508 – amendment to the Workforce Rehabilitation Act (1998)
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ADA
• Requirement to offer reasonable services or tools to ensure that people are not discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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Section 508
• Accommodation without the need for outside assistance– Closed captioned videotapes– Web design that works with assistive
technology– Large-print books– Braille
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Section 508
• All media– Audio– Video– Text– Internet– Electronic transmission
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Section 508
• Any educational resources or materials purchased from a third-party vendor or created/modified in-house MUST be accessible to students with disabilities
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Section 508
• No Excuses– Accommodation must be made– Must have been considered at time of purchase– Everyone shares in the responsibility
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Resources
• Two good articles on Section 508 in the April 2003 and March 2004 issues of the Rostrum, available online at the ASCCC website.
• High Tech Center Training Unit (www.htctu.net)
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Information Competency
• recognize the need for information
• acquire and evaluate information
• organize and maintain information
• interpret and communicate information
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InfoComp Resources
• Information Competency in the California Community Colleges
• Information Competency: Challenges and Strategies for Development
• @ONE (http://one.evc.edu/)
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Planning and Budget
• Planning
• Budget
• Technology
• Curriculum
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Curriculum Website
• Guidelines and Regulations (e.g. DE)
• Papers (e.g. Info Comp)
http://www.curriculum.cc.ca.us/