HARBOR COLLEGE D/DL COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES
10/13/09
Persons in Attendance: Robert Richards, Ann Warren, Joan Thomas-Spiegel, Ibtesam Dessousky,
Sally Fasteau
Meeting Called to Order: 12:35 PM
1.
AGENDAMOTION: made/seconded (Sally/Joan) and moved to approve the Agenda
2. MINUTES –
MOTION: made/seconded (Sally/Joan) and moved
That: Minutes of the 5/12/2009 D/DL Committee meeting be approved
3. UPDATES
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The District has elected to buy, rather than build, a new information system.
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Our class size MOU was rejected by the union with minimal discussion. Don
Sparks doesn’t want to change the contract.
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Sally agreed to take our motion about section 508 compliance to Curriculum.
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An “LAHC Support” person has been added to all ETUDES sites.
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We’re doing an online version of the LACCD student survey; we’re getting a
response rate of about 8%.
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We did receive the new Title V grant, effective 10/01/09; $576,000 for the
next 5 years. This will help continue to pilot and expand our virtual support items.
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Sally is hiring Kandy White to help facilitate online tutoring for instructors
and students. She’ll also communicate with the tutors, help get texts to them, and
help with accounting. There will be a strong focus on getting the Writing Center
tutoring going at first.
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The counselors are beginning to set up an online FAQ system to help advise
and assist; this is planned to launch this semester.
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We ordered five licenses for Camtasia; this allows instructors to make
videos we can use to help students.
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There will be a new teaching & learning center for faculty upstairs in the
library; it was put together by the Basic Skills Committee. There will be chairs for
conversation groups, computers, Camtasia, E-Portfolio, etc.
4. ELECTION OF CO-CHAIRS
 Joan nominated Bob & Ann to continue in their current positions; this was agreed by
consensus.
5. ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR
 We’d like to compose an attendance policy that can be placed on all the online class
sites; this way, we can enable a SARS call which notifies students that they’ll be
dropped if they don’t attend the first week.
 We’d like to compose a “Best Practices” recommended attendance policy for online
students.
 Bob would like our User’s site to be more active. Sally suggested that that might be
a good place to post information about online services. Joan suggested we take turns
running it; also, that we post messages about what’s new with ETUDES at the
beginning of each semester.
 We’d like to put together a manual with information and policies for online faculty.
 We need an “equivalency subcommittee” to write a procedure and a form to evaluate
instructors who want to teach online.
 Joan suggested a FLEX activity during Winter Session for any instructors who want
to teach online or hybrid courses. Bob suggested a FLEX activity on our video
systems.
6.
ITEMS FROM THE FLOOR
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There are some problems on the LAHC website: it’s hard for students to find
information easily on dates, such as when to register, deadlines for drops, etc. This
is now Kristi’s area; if you have a suggestion, e-mail Bob and he’ll pass it along to
her.
Adjourned: 1:40 pm
Cc: L. McKenzie