ATTACHMENT 3
Activities of Cross Campus Distance Education Coordination
since inception
Educational Technology Team and Distance Education Steering Board
Organization
Implementations of recommendations of the President’s Ad Hoc Committee for Distance
Education – October 2004
Selection of Chancellor appointed Steering Board members – November 2004
Selection of Educational Technology Team members – July 2005
ETT meets 4 times a year
DESB meets 2 times a year
Joint Summit meeting in the spring of 2005 and 2006
Workgroups – Information gathering
 Fall 2004
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o Communication Plan for informing and feedback
o Student-Centered course development, scheduling, marketing
o Quality assurance for course design and delivery
Spring 2005
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o Forming student count metrics
o Support for distance education faculty and staff
o Equitable workload for distance education faculty
o Articulation agreements among MAUs
Fall 2005
o Recommendations for Minimum Student Services, Equitable Revenue
Sharing, Faculty Productivity Metrics, Recognition of Student Support
Costs
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Spring 2006
o Faculty Development – Bethel, Fairbanks, Homer, Juneau
o Technical Help Desk – Report completed June 12
o Advising Resources – Report scheduled completion June 30
Faculty - Professional Development – iTeach
 iTeach 2004 Fairbanks, May 2004, 10 faculty
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iTeach 2005 Fairbanks, May 2005, 12 faculty
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iTeach 2006 Fairbanks, May 22-26, 2006, 12 faculty
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o Workshop announcement http://distance.uaf.edu/events/iteach/
o participant blog http://community.uaf.edu/~iteach/blog/
iTeach on the Road 2006
o Bethel - May 2-4, 2006 15 attendees
o Homer - June 14-16, 2006 18 faculty
http://community.uaf.edu/~cde/wiki/
o Juneau - June 19-21, 2006 19 faculty
http://community.uaf.edu/~iteach/wiki/Main/Juneau
Instructional Design – Collaboration among support staff
 Professional Development – iDesign
o May 11-12, 2006 http://community.uaf.edu/~idesign/blog/
 Instructional Design Job Family
o Realignment of Grade placement completed May 28, 2006
Reporting
First 45 Days
http://www.distance.uaf.edu/steeringboard/docs/first45days.doc
Status of Distance Education in Alaska 2006
http://www.distance.uaf.edu/steeringboard/docs/Status-of-DistanceEd.pdf
Websites
o Educational Technology Team http://distance.uaf.edu/ett
o Distance Education Steering Board
http://distance.uaf.edu/steeringboard
o Distance Education Gateway http://distance.alaska.edu
o iTeach http://distance.uaf.edu/events/iteach/
o iDesign http://community.uaf.edu/~idesign/blog/
Statewide Projects
 Elluminate eLive web conferencing software solution jointly funded on all
campuses
 Alaska Internet Course Exchange (AK ICE) course sharing software tested for
roll out
 Online Course Quality Rubric http://distance.uaf.edu/resources/rubric.pdf