The following timeline is intended to share the planning, design
& development activity involved in the Alternative Delivery
Standards Implementation Project. This page will be updated
as activities continue to progress.
| Date |
Activity |
| 1-7-2005 |
A planning committee consisting of Bill White, Ruth Prather,
Patrick Nellis, Bill Mullowney, and Michele McCardle organized
the charter for the Alternative Delivery Standards Committee
(ADSC) |
| 11-7-2005 |
Angelique Smith hired as Director. Learning Technology &
Alternative Delivery and the Instructional Design team was restructured
under the newly formed department within OIT. |
| 12-1-2005 |
Angelique Smith & Amy Bosley recruit members of ADSC to
continue working on draft for Standards Plan. New members included:
Louise Pitts, Joe Lynn Look, Ruth Prather, Joe Bivins, Betsy
Guimond, Lisa Macon, and Bill White |
| 12-14-2005 |
The first meeting occurs. The ADSC agrees to work on sections
of the draft over the holidays. |
| 1-23-2006 |
The ADSC reconvenes with another draft agreed to via numerous
email communications and collaborations and agrees to make final
changes. |
| 2-1-2006 |
ADSC begins to evaluate Quality Matters program from Maryland
Online to support peer evaluation for quality in online course
delivery. |
| 2-14-2006 |
ADSC released the final draft collegewide asking for vigorous
discussion around the proposed standards, policies and procedures.
The following large groups will have formal discussions about
the plan: Instructional Affairs Council, College Learning Council,
Faculty Council and all campus Senates and Learning Leadership
Team. Comments were sought from representatives from all of
these groups. Our goal is to receive your feedback and finalize
the plan by early April. |
| 3-2-2006 |
Amy & Angelique present to College Learning Council. A
welcome addition to the ADSC was made through Dr. Cheryl Robinson.
She brings the important student services perspective to the
planning process. Several days later Amy & Angelique attended
the East & West Faculty Senate Meetings to share the plan
and gather input from these groups. |
| 4-4-2006 |
ADSC reconvenes to discuss sugestions from Leadership Teams,
Councils and faculty emails and create the final plan. |
| 4-21-2006 |
Faculty Council approves the finalized plan. Angelique &
Amy draft a proposal for a Strategic Budget Initiative to fund
the first year of Course Shell Development under the new Alternative
Delivery Standards Plan. |
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| 5-11-2006 |
Angelique & Amy present at College Learning Council.
Dr. Kaye Walter announces to the college that the plan is to
be adopted for collewide use and accepted as standards. We ask
CLC to consider the first 15 courses they would like to see
placed online as Course Shells through our proposed SBI. We
agree to work towards an online AA program. |
| 5-22-2006 |
Susan Kelly starts to look at new schemas for marketing online
courses at Valencia through coordination with ADSC. |
| 5-25-2006 |
ADSC and the SBI sponsor "Universal Design
for Online Courses through an online seminar service called
Magna Publications. |
| 6-8-2006 |
ADSC raises the question of how to help online students "start
right"? Drafts of procedures are shared with Student Services,
Records, Deans, and OIT for discussion. |
| 6-29-2006 |
Request for Development is issues to faculty for the 15 courses
for Course Shell Development. The following courses are being
requested: ENC 1101, CHM1025C, PSY 1012, GEB 1011, ENC 1002,
BSC 1005C, ACG 2021, HUN 2202, MAC 1105, BSC 1020, ACG 2071,
AMH 2010, STA 2023, HUM 1020 , POS 2041
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| 8-8-2006 |
Dr. Karen Borglum joins the ADSC and works with us to continue
work on the SBI for Course Shell Development. |
| 8-14-2006 |
The first group of Course Shell Designers are selected by
the ADSC and sent info regarding the Online Course Design Studio. |
| 9-8-2006 |
Kick-off for Online Course Design Studio commences. Faculty
meet their Instructional Designers and shell development work
ensues. |
| 8-24-2006 |
Update on Alternative Delivery Standards Plan and SBI provided
to Learning Leadership Team. |
| 9-7-2006 |
Conversations begin with Libraries about eReserves and online
library services for students. |
| 9-13-2006 |
Faculty Council reviews the "online Start-Right Procedure"
document. |
| 9-27-2006 |
Valencia is accepted as an iTunes University which will further
support hte enhacement of online courses with multimedia. |
| 10-5-2006 |
Amy asks for an extension of our timeline for Course Shell
Development to Spring Break 2007. We aer still working on obtaining
Quality Matters subscription for evaluating the quality of our
Online learning pgograms. |
| 10-10-2006 |
ADSC begins to invetigate adding a new position ito lead further
program development in online. Many models will be reviewed
and sdiscused in the coing year. |
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