Committee Name: Distance Education Advisory
Date: 11/24/2014
Time: 3:30-4:30pm, DE Instructor Discussion, 4:30-5pm
Facilitators/Location/Chair: Francine Van Meter, TLC
Attendees:
Francine Van Meter, Rachel Mayo, Veronica Lundquist, Deirdre Scholar, Steve Schessler, Nancy Stucker, Dale Attias, Georg Romero,
Tommy LIghtfoot
Guests:
Topic,
Info/Action
Approval of Agenda
Action
Approval of
Minutes
Action
Cabrillo updates
Info
Chancellor's
Office Updates
Topic
Lead
Time
on
topic
All
5 Min
All
5 Min
Francine
Francine
None
Approved and posted on website

None

Blackboard updates (new features and
enhancements)

Student Success


Update on the Online Education Initiative
Update on the Professional Development
clearinghouse and the CCC Professional
Development Summit in San Francisco

Institutional
Effectiveness

Course and degree options; DE matrix needs
updating
 Update Matrix
 Rachel and Francine are
looking for potential
degree options;
programs that have a
Student Success
Info
Increased DE
courses
Action
Primary
Effectiveness
Link

Min
Min
Action Items and
Timeline
Discussion
Topic,
Info/Action
Topic
Lead
Time
on
topic
Action Items and
Timeline
Discussion
Primary
Effectiveness
Link
number of courses
already online
Agenda Building &
Summary Takeaway
Info
Min
 Discuss additional resources for helping students acclimate
to online learning; drop in help, demonstrations, support
for students in Watsonville
 Look at disaggregated data in datamart on DE success and
retention
 Discuss with counselors what online courses they are
recommending; or what courses would be good for
students to complete degree requirements
 Review updated DE Matrix

None
DE Coordinators’ Webinar
11-18-14
Monthy meetings are recorded and can be found at http://www.onefortraining.org/sites/default/files/FA14-SP15DECoordSch.pdf
Support the use of video in courses - “everybody loses when instructors say it’s too much work, I won’t use video in my course”
Jayme Johnson, FHDA
Use of captions as instructional technology - good for more than people who are hard of hearing. Keywords in the captions are
searchable; you can maximize your time trying to find something in the instructor’s notes.
Legal and copyright issues (when it comes to copyright, you must seek permission…educator or not).
Section 508/California law, legal code 11135
 Chancellor’s office legal opinion
http://extranet.cccco.edu/Portals/1/Legal/Ops/OpsArchive/02-22.pdf
 FCC
http://www.fcc.gov/guides/captioning-internet-video-programming
Question: Do we have to put captions on PPT slides that have a voiceover even though the text is on the slide? Answer: Look at the
information presented visually. “Will it have a significant impact on the student’s ability to get equivalent content if they cannot hear
the voiceover?” For all students, ease of use reduces the size of the cognitive load for them. You also have to have an accessible
video player. The player controls must be available. DECT Grant will caption your videos. (free)
RESOURCES:
Cross-browser media player
http://terrillthompson.com/ableplayer/
Caption other people’s YouTube videos
http://amara.org/en/
SubTitle Horse
http://subtitle-horse.com
WebAIM tutorials
http://webaim.org/techniques/captions/
Copyright on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/yt/copyright/
GATES Foundation Postsecondary Success Strategy Website
http://postsecondary.gatesfoundation.org
Information related to distance education
OEI Update
No news from OEI.
1 out of 4 CCC students have taken a DE course
SARA
17 states have signed up for SARA; 5-7 are in the queue; 40 states expected by the end of FALL 15
California has to create a state portal for all of higher ed in California. It would cost indiv colleges between $4-6K per year