College of the Redwoods
CURRICULUM PROPOSAL FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSE
Date:
March 24, 2015
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Division: Health Occupations
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Course ID and Number: HO 151
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Course Title: Medical Terminology
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Please select the distance education method that describes how the course content will be delivered:
Online-internet based - Delayed Interaction: Students and instructor interactions are not
simultaneous, but are delayed or distributed over time.
Online-internet based - Simultaneous Interaction: Students and instructor interactions are
simultaneous, with immediate opportunity for exchange among participants.
Hybrid online-internet/classroom based: Students and instructor interactions are both classroom
and internet based, with classroom time reduced and replaced by required online participation.
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What perceived need will this distance education course address?
This course is a required component of the Medical Assistant program. As a delayed-interaction
online option, it allows students who are geographically and/or economically challenged to complete
a program requirement without extensive travel. In addition, the course draws many baccalaureate
students who are seeking to fulfill the Medical Terminology prerequisite for various professional
graduate programs such as physician assistant and respiratory, occupational, and physical therapy.
Will approval of this course offer a certificate or degree program with 50% or more of its curriculum delivered
by distance education?
No
If yes, has this certificate or degree program been approved by the Curriculum Committee for 50% or more
delivery by distance education?
Describe in detail how the course design will ensure Regular Effective Contact (refer to Regular Effective
Contact Policy) and include:
a. Weekly Threaded Discussion Forums – Each student writes an initial response to the posted
discussion question, then responds to another student's posting. Posts are graded according to the
online discussion forum participation rubric.
b. Weekly Announcements – The instructor posts appropriate information as needed weekly or
more often to provide updates and maintain contact.
c. Instructor-Prepared Materials – Weekly lectures are posted covering the assigned readings.
Mnemonics files and pronunciation guides are also available to assist learning.
d. Messaging through LMS chatroom – Informal simultaneous discussions among students are
available through the LMS Student Chatroom
e. Instructor has virtual office hours through LMS Instructor's Chatroom
f. Instructor is also available through text messaging, email, and phone contact.
Curriculum Approval: 03.14.14
Academic Senate Approval: 04.04.14
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What is the course “statement of expectations” to be included in the syllabus for instructor frequency and
timeliness of instructor-initiated contact and student feedback? (refer to Regular Effective Contact Policy)
Instructor posts Announcements and Discussion Questions weekly or more frequently as needed, and
holds virtual office hours three times a week. In addition, instructor is available through text message,
phone, and email. Response will be timely, and in no case will reply time exceed 24 hours.
To illustrate, describe what students in this course will do in a typical week of this course.
In the typical week, students will read the chapters assigned, and review the instructor lectures for the
week. Student may then post a response to the week's discussion question, and respond to another
student's posting. A short timed multiple choice quiz is taken, and a weekly assignment must be
completed. Assignments include reading a medical record entry and answering questions that
demonstrate mastery of the terminology. In alternate weeks, students record themselves reading the
medical record and submit the file to the instructor for review and grading.
How is this course designed to address Student Authenticity? Preventive measures may include: multiple
assessment techniques, written assignments, threaded discussions, exams based on randomly drawn test
bank items, timed exams, and raising student awareness of the College’s Code of Conduct.
The course utilizes multiple assessment techniques, including threaded discussions, randomly selected
multiple choice quiz questions, timed quizzes and exam. The Code of Conduct and rules of netiquette
are also reviewed in the first week of the term.
This course will have proctored exams. (refer to College Proctoring Policy)
No
Yes
Optional
Describe how assessments are used in this course to ensure that the student work is evaluated effectively,
accurately, and in a timely manner.
Various assessments are incorporated in the course. These include discussions, multiple choice quizzes
and exam, essay question assignments based on medical records, recorded readings to demonstrate
pronunciation, and a cooperative small group final assignment which incorporates selecting,
analyzing, and reading a medical record, developing a pronouncing glossary from the record, and
interpreting the medical terms in lay language to demonstrate mastery of the terminology. All
submissions in the class are assessed and returned within two weeks.
Describe the contingency plan for this course if there is an unexpected instructor absence (refer to Regular
Effective Contact Policy).
In the event of instructor absence, another Health Occupations instructor can readily assume
responsibility for the class.
Curriculum Approval: 03.14.14
Academic Senate Approval: 04.04.14
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Both state and federal law require community colleges to design courses to ensure access for students with
disabilities, including compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. Please indicate the steps taken to
ensure accessibility by checking the Yes, No, or NA boxes below. For further assistance with accessibility and
assistive technology, please contact DSP&S.
Yes
No N
A
Requirement and Purpose
1. The course delivery provides a text equivalent for all non-text elements such as
images, animations, applets, audio/video files and art. This will enable a screen reader
to read the text equivalent to a blind student.
2. The course delivery provides descriptions for important graphics if they are not fully
described through alternative text or in a document’s content. The description would
inform a blind student of what a picture represented.
3. The course delivery ensures that information conveyed by the use of color is also
understandable without color. For example, so a blind or color-blind student could
understand a color-coded representation of DNA.
4. The course delivery provides textual equivalents to audio information (captioning). The
text will enable deaf students to know what others are hearing.
5. The course delivery provides an alternative audio description for multimedia
presentations. The sound will enable blind students to know what others are seeing.
6. The course delivery ensures that moving, blinking, scrolling, or auto-updating objects
or pages may be paused or frozen. The movement can be distracting for students with
certain disabilities.
Yes
No NA Requirement and Purpose
7. If using faculty web site vs. college provided course management system, the web site
identifies, by labeling or other appropriate means, row and column headers. The
identification will enable screen readers to discern the headers, which disclose the
purpose of the data in the rows and columns.
8. If using faculty web site vs. college provided course management system, the web site
provides title frames and includes sufficient information as to their purpose and
relationship to each other. This will help blind students understand the organizational
purpose of the frame.
9. If using faculty web site vs. college provided course management system, the
instructor has ensured, through HiSoftware’s “Cynthia Says”
http://www.cynthiasays.com/ or other appropriate verification, the usability of
pages, and will attach to this proposal evaluation printouts of Section 508 and
WCAG—Priority 1 compliance.
10. If interactive software for homework/instruction is used, the company has provided a
current 508 statement of compliance ensuring accessibility to students needing the
use of a screen reader. This ensures that publisher provided programs to supplement
or augment textbooks are as accessible as the class website.
11. My course syllabus recommends that students who require accommodations for a
disability, such as accessible formatting of course materials, contact me immediately.
Example: “In compliance with equal access laws, I am available to discuss appropriate
academic accommodations that you may require as a student with a disability.
Curriculum Approval: 03.14.14
Academic Senate Approval: 04.04.14
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Students are encouraged to contact Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSP&S)
for disability verification and for determination of reasonable academic
accommodations.”
Submitted by: Viane Frye
Date: 3/14/2015
Approvals:
Distance Education Faculty Appointee Mark Winter
Division Dean or Director:
Alison Pritchard
Review Date: 3/25/15
Review Date: 3/25/15
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE USE ONLY
Approved by Curriculum Committee: No
Academic Senate Approval Date:
Curriculum Approval: 03.14.14
Academic Senate Approval: 04.04.14
Yes
Date: 04.24.15
Board of Trustees Approval Date:
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