Distance Education & Technology
The Distance Education and Educational Technology Committee shall be concerned with matters regarding technology as it impacts instruction and instructional needs.
Responsible to: Academic Senate and liaison to the District Technology Committee
Membership: The committee shall consist of the following members:
Academic Senate
- One faculty chair, Academic Senate Member and current DTC member
- Academic Senate member and current DTC member
- Academic Senate member, Distance Education Coordinator
- Academic Senate member, Faculty Librarian
- Academic Senate member
- Academic Senate member
Non-senate
- Dean: Language Arts, Library, Social Sciences (non-voting)
- Student Representative (non-voting)
- Classified Representative: Distance Education Technician (non-voting)
Bylaws
The Educational Technology Committee (ITC) shall:
- Review and recommend resources for face-to-face and online classroom technology assistance
- Survey and prioritize instructional technology needs
- Co-develop and advise on IT outreach and training for faculty
- Recommend, monitor, and review educational software
- Recommend guidelines for face-to-face and online classroom technology standards
- Develop and recommend guidelines for classroom technology crisis management and response.
- Recommend budgeting priorities towards campus-wide Technology Infrastructure.
- Regularly review and publish guidelines for best practices in distance education.
- Assist with assessment of how distance education meets accreditation standards and make recommendations as needed.
- Coordinate and schedule peer observation course reviews once every 6 years for each faculty member teaching in the mode of distance education.
Committee Members
- Chair: Christine Pruitt
- AS members: Cathy Gillis (DE Coordinator), Rachael Cresci, Erin Quealy, Maricel Rossi, Aaron DiFranco, Jessica Amato, Sarah Davis
- Dean: Chris Farmer
- Student Rep:
- Classified Rep: Brandon Tofanelli, DE Technician
Meeting Information Fall 2023
The committee will meet on the third Thursday of every month from 10-11 a.m. in room 1738.
All agendas and supporting documents can be found in BoardDocs.