Distance Education

• vacant, Committee Chair
• Sioban Dillon, English and Foreign Languages
• Dr. Edward Hector, Mathematics
• Pat Lewis, The Arts and Humanities
• Felipe Payan, Business
• Alfred Reed Jr., Behavioral and Social Sciences
• Dr. Lernik Saakian, Mathematics
• Representative of the AFT, vacant
• La Vonne Hamilton, Senior Research Analyst
• Dr. Elmer Bugg, College Dean
• Dr. Dan Walden, College Dean

On March 11, 2008 the college approved "Los Angeles Southwest College: Best Practices for Online Courses."The document is intended to serve as a guide and resource for all college online courses.

It is based on the following resources:

• Distance Education, Access Guidelines for Students with Disabilities (State Document)
• Guidelines for Good Practice: Effective Instructor-Student Contact in Distance Learning (State Document)
• Title Five Regulations on Distance Education(State document)
• Distance Education Guidelines, as of March 2004 (State document)

The document also takes into consideration the following resources:

• "Alert" on Curriculum Process for Distance Education
• Effective Student Contact, Mt. San Jacinto College
• Effective Student Contact, Solano Community College

 2.  Approved Distance Education Courses

The Curriculum Committee has approved numerous classes to be taught 100% on line and an additional few to be taught as hybrid classes, or partially face-to-face and partially online.

• List of Classes with Approved Distance Education Courses, as of June 20, 2010 

3. Forms:

An existing course may be taught via Distance Education, provided that the course outline is current (no older than five years) and that the following documents are filed, presented to the Curriculum Committee and approved.

• Department/Discipline Consent Form
• District Distance Education Addendum
• LASC Distance Education Addendum 

4. Development of "Los Angeles Southwest College: Best Practices for Online Courses:"

• Approved Document, "Los Angeles Southwest College: Best Practices for Online Courses"
• Summary of Actions, 2006 - 2008
• Meeting Notes
  • April 20, 2007
  • May 1, 2007
  • May 15, 2007
  • May 29, 2007
  • November 20, 2007
  • January 15, 2008
  • February 6, 2008
  • February 12, 2008
  • February 19, 2008
  • March 11, 2008
• Drafts
  • Draft 1
  • Draft 2
  • Draft 3
  • Draft 4
  • Draft 5
  • Draft 6
  • Draft 7
  • Draft 8(includes all edits)

5.  General Meetings

• Meeting Notes
  • Agenda, October 16; Notes, October 16, 2008