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Curriculum Committee
Distance Education
- General Information, Distance Education
- Approved Distance Education Courses
- Forms
- Development of "Los Angeles Southwest College: Best Practices for Online Courses"
- General Meetings, Notes
1. General Information, Distance Education
The Distance Education Committee is a sub-committee of the Curriculum Committee.
Committee Members:
- 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.
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
- Drafts
5. General Meetings
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Meeting Notes
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Agenda, October 16; Notes, October 16, 2008
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