Members Attending

Staff

X

Dwight Ayle

X

Terri Beam

X

Mark Fernandez

Carol Craig

Michelle Grimes-Hillman

Margie High

Tom McFarland

X

Paul Kittle

Dick Ryerson

X

Linda Small

Kerry Stern

Student

Vic Zamora

Reporting Programs

Robin Benedict

Lane Braver

Meghan Chen

Carolyn Inmon

X

Christine Tunstall

X

Jill Wilkerson

ITEM

DISCUSSION/COMMENTS

OUTCOME

Course Proposal

Kerry Stern, Dwight Ayle, Terri Beam, Jill Wilkerson, and Vic Zamora met with Jim Smith in Kerry’s office on Tuesday, March 19, to review the hybrid course COUN 5, Career/Life Planning.

Course was approved for delivery in Fall 2002.

Lotus Notes

Mark Fernandez reported that EMT has adopted a campus-wide strategy to use Lotus Notes for email and calendar scheduling.

Dwight will meet with IET to determine how Lotus Notes would integrate into online classes. A Lotus Notes demonstration will be scheduled.

Course Management Systems Update

Members of the CMS Task Group attended workshops on Web CT and Blackboard on March 11 and April 5. Dwight now has Angel accounts set up in the OLSC, and Terri will post to the listserv the best times for dropping in to view the system.

At the end of April, the CMS Task Group will review all responses regarding the course management systems that were studied.

Distance Learning Strategic Two Year Plan

1) Faculty support plan, 2) Student support plan, 3) Growth projections, and 4) Quality/Strategic plan. Faculty Association will need to address bargaining issues.

Faculty support plan was drafted, and student support plan will be worked on at the next meeting.

Other

Honors will report at next meeting.

Information only.