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, Terry Wegner
- Dean: Douglas Marriott
- Student Rep:
- Classified Rep: Brandon Tofanelli, DE Technician
Meeting Agendas & Minutes Fall 2022/Spring 2023
The committee will meet on the fourth Thursday of every month from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in room 1770.
Starting March 1, 2023, all agendas and supporting documents can be found in BoardDocs.
January 26
- Agenda
- DE-ETC Minutes 10.27.22
- AB 361
- AVON vs. FOD Survey Detailed
- Databases and Journals Survey Detailed
- Library Subscription Renewals Jan 2023
- Spring 2023 POCR Teams
- Listening Session Notes
- Napa County Memo
- Spring Schedule
- WORKNC-130_ Distance Education Pedagogy Level 1
- WORKNC-131_ Distance Education Pedagogy Level 2
October 27
September 22
- Agenda
- AB 361
- Napa County Memo
- DE-ETC Minutes 8.29.pdf
- NVC Distance Education Handbook Draft.pdf
- DE standards and guidance - approved 4-29-22.pdf (Curriculum Committee)
- DE-ETC Workgroups 2022.pdf
August 29
The committee will meet on Monday, Aug. 29 from noon-1 p.m. via Zoom at this address https://napavalley-edu.zoom.us/j/95750552791
- Agenda (Draft)
- Support Materials:
AB 361.pdf
Napa County Memo.pdf
Distance Education
- NVC Distance Education Plan.pdf
- DE Standards and Guidance (Curriculum Committee).pdf
- DE Standards and Scheduling Terms (Curriculum Committee).pdf
- NVC Clearance to Teach Online Courses.pdf
- ACCJC Guide-to-Evaluating-DE-and-CE.pdf
Peer Observation Course Review (POCR)