Distance Learning Advisory Committee Meetings

Agenda / Minutes

Distance Learning Advisory Committee
Date of Agenda Posting: / 10/29/2015
Meeting Date: / 11/6/2015
Meeting Start Time: / 1:00 PM
Meeting Actual Start Time: / 1:05 pm
Meeting Location: / Knight campus, Board room 4090
Meeting Secretary : / Marla Wallace

Member Attendance

Committee Member Name / Title / Present / Notes
Jim Glickman / ENGL
Elizabeth Morais / LANG
Bill Pellicio / HMNS
David Alfano / PSYC / retiring
Cindy Hansen / BIOL
Sara Cichon / OFTD
Jen Hurrell / REHAB / 
Martha Vigneault / REHAB
Tony Basilico / COMI / 
Francine Luizzi Bench / Allied Health--Dental
Marla Wallace / Library / 
Maggie Burke / DL Coordinator, COMI / 
Jeanne Mullaney / Assessment Coordinator
Donna Mesolella / Academic Affairs Coordinator / 
Becky Sheldon / IT / 
MaryAdele Combe / IT /  / Yan Huang attended in MC’s place
Beth Anish / ENGL / 
Karen Allen / COMI / 
Ben Leveillee / IT / 
Helen Ducharme / Disability Services
Jude Tomasino / OES / 
Kathleen Beauchene / English
John Rood / Nursing / 

Agenda

Agenda Item 1

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Notes on Discussion

  • Approval of last meeting's minutes
/ Minutes were approved.

Agenda Item 2

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Notes on Discussion

  • Results of the ATAC academic technology needs survey
/ Faculty indicated overall satisfaction with the information technology available. They prefer 1:1 or small group training when needed. How best to support faculty technology needs and make them aware of resources? Possibly pair with CITLA, CIT, or ATAC; offer PDD sessions; newsletter; make brown bag sessions more accessible.

Agenda Item 3

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Notes on Discussion

  • Discussion of CITLA accessibility presentations and accessibility education
/ Marla and Maggie discussed the sessions, which began by discussing how to create Word documents so that the content is accessible to screen readers. Portland Community College is an excellent resource for this topic. Participants also discussed accessibility issues for other applications such as PowerPoint. There was strong interest in making videos accessible, whether they were found online or created on campus. DLAC discussion focused on captioning services and products such as Dragon Naturally Speaking or YouTube.

Agenda Item 4

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Notes on Discussion

  • Faculty education / PDD
/ Faculty education: Maggie reported that Jeanne suggested regular brown bag lunches relating to Blackboard. Topics could include best practices, or different themes/practices for each session. PDD: Sessions on beginning DL were well attended last year. Proposed basic offerings for this year: tour of an online course; intro to online teaching; creating narrated PowerPoints; captioning tools; and a reprise of the accessible Word workshop. Also proposed: an advanced workshop, possibly spanning two sessions, to assist faculty in translating an in-person course to Blackboard.

Agenda Item 5

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Notes on Discussion

  • How should we use the course quality rubric?
/ Deferred until next meeting.

Agenda Item 6

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Notes on Discussion

  • Vendors, particularly proctoring vendors
/ Discussion focused on online proctoring options, including services and software.

Agenda Item 7

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Notes on Discussion

  • What additional support might hybrid courses need?
/ Agreed to include some questions about hybrid courses in next DL student survey.

Meeting Action Items

Action / Assigned To / Deadline
Check to see how URI and RIC are handling video captions / Maggie / N/A
Rubric subcommittee will meet and report back to the committee with suggestions for how to use the rubric. / DL Course Quality
Rubric subcommittee / N/A
Form a subcommittee to explore
remote proctoring options / Jen, John, and Ben; possibly someone from Psychology / N/A

Meeting End

Meeting Schedule End: / By 2:30
Meeting Actual End: / 2:35
Next Meeting Date: / TBD
Next Meeting Time: / TBD
Next Meeting Location: / TBD