Committee on eLearning Meeting Minutes for February 10, 2022

The Academic Senate Committee on eLearning met on Feb 10, 2022 at 3:14 PM via Zoom (Online)

Committee Members in Attendance:

In Attendance: 

Susan Lago (2022), Punita Bhansali (2023), Merlinda Drini Prelvukaj (2023), Zhou Zhou (2022),  Tony Monahan (2024), Fei Ye (2024), Celia Sporer (2023)

Not Present: 

Randelle Sasa (2022), Humberto Morales (2024)

Liaisons in Attendance:

Zivah Perel Katz (Steering Committee Designee), Denis Bejar (IT Academic Applications Director)

Business:

The meeting was called to order at 3:14 PM

1. Approve previous meeting minutes

• December 09 2021 meeting minute was approved by unanimous vote.

2. Fall 2021 eLearning Committee NewsLetter 

• Thank you to Punita facilitating on the December issue of the eLearning Newsletter!

• Much appreciation to Tony for his contribution to the Fall 2021 issue.

• Punita (and Randelle) both suggested that eLearning Committee should try to spread our newsletter to a larger audience

• Idea and suggestions for the Spring issue: Tony suggested that he could talk about a Virtual International Program (VIP program) he and his colleague Bette Efthymiou have developed. It is designed to prepare students for Study Abroad.

3. 2021 Online Pedagogy Series (Bronw Bag Workshops) Schedule

   1). Thank you to Dr. Fei Ye for his December 1, 2021session on Markdown (ELC)!

   2). Tentative Spring workshops:Pullin’s session on Perusall​ (ADC)

• Jody Resko’s session on office hours (ADC)

• Hyflex II Panel – Denis mentioned that only 1 instructor is teaching HyFlex this semester in QCC. CUNY will provide trainings for HyFlex. Susan suggested that this workshop might need a new name.

• Academic Integrity?

   3). Additional suggestions for Spring Brown Bag workshops.

• Denis suggested a workshop on QM (Quality Matters) standards and the information about the training to get courses QM certified. The Quality Matters Higher Education Rubric (Sixth Edition) consists of 8 general standards and 42 specific criteria that describe best practices in online and blended course design.

• Committee members expressed their interests in learning more about QM courses and getting QM certified.

• Fei suggested he could present on Libretext.org. LibreTexts is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to freeing the textbook from the limitations and costs of traditional textbooks.

 

 

4. Suggested goals from the Academic Senate Steering Committee

• Steering Committee suggested eLearning Committee should develop committee goals. Susan suggested that eLearning Committee member should pick two or three goals listed on the website to work on closely this semester.

• About goal #2: Develop and disseminate guidelines, standards, and best practices in online instruction to the College. – eLearning Committee should provide guideline on how to design “rich” on-line courses.

• About goal #4: Provide standards for assessment of the quality of online course instructional designs, reviewing and revising these standards as needed. – This could be another goal to work on.

• Susan also mentioned that she will talk to Ziva about this and find out more information.

• Google forms to share within committee for more suggestions?

5. Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 3:50 PM. Next meeting: 03/10/2022 PM via Zoom

Respectfully submitted,

Zhou Zhou
Committee on eLearning, Secretary

Minutes typed on Feb 10, 2022