Announcements
Please join us from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, April 16 for the monthly online meeting of the California Community Colleges Distance Education Coordinators Org.
This month’s program features a discussion of the Hyflex mode of delivery, as well as a review of our accessibility presentation from last month, and an update from the Chancellor’s Office on technology funding. As always, the meeting also includes standing updates from DECO, the Chancellor’s Office, and the California Virtual Campus.
AGENDA for Friday, April 16, 2021 noon to 1 p.m.
12:10 – 12:20: Update from the CCC Chancellor’s Office – CO Specialist Erin Larson
12:20 – 12:30: Update from the CVC-OEI – Executive Director Jory Hadsell
12:30 – 12:40: Accessibility and Federal Law, a brief review and summary with answered questions.
12:40 – 1:00: Hyflex at Citrus College – Senya Lubisich, Distance Education Coordinator and History and Humanities Faculty
1:00: Conclusion.
We have an important program on accessibility requirements from the US Office of Civil Rights planned for the March 19, 2021 monthly online meeting
As always, the program features standing updates from DECO, the Chancellor’s Office, and the California Virtual Campus. This month’s featured program is on legal aspects of accessibility, followed by Q&A.
AGENDA for Friday, March 19, 2021 noon to 1 p.m.
12:00 – 12:10: Welcome and Update from CCC DECO – President Kandace Knudson
12:10 – 12:20: Update from the CCC Chancellor’s Office – CO Specialist Erin Larson
12:20 – 12:30: Update from the CVC-OEI – Executive Director Jory Hadsell
12:30 – 1:00: Accessibility and Federal Law – Ava DeAlmeida-Law, U.S. Office of Civil Rights
1:00: Conclusion
Here is the information for the webinars are open to all colleges and may hold interest for various A&R and Financial Professionals
The CVC Exchange for Admissions & Records Professionals
This webinar serves as the perfect opportunity for admissions and records staff to become more informed about the CVC Exchange and the ways in which they can continue to support student completion. Participants will receive a functional walk-through of the Exchange, with an emphasis on cross-enrollment processes, the Abbreviated Enrollment Record (AER), and tasks and responsibilities specific to admissions and records professionals and departments. Attendees will also have the opportunity to get all of their Exchange-related questions answered.
Intended Audience: Open to all colleges
February 24, 2021 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Follow-Up Office Hour • February 25, 2021 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/98456339343
The CVC Exchange for Financial Aid Professionals
This webinar serves as the perfect opportunity for financial aid staff at non-Consortium colleges and/or colleges who have not signed the Federal Financial Aid Consortium Agreement to become more informed about the CVC Exchange and the ways in which they can continue to support student completion. This session focuses on the CVC Exchange business processes, tasks and responsibilities specific to financial aid professionals and departments. Additionally, participants will receive in-depth details about the Exchange and receive answers to any lingering questions or concerns.
Intended Audience: Open to all colleges
February 25, 2021 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Follow-Up Office Hour • February 26, 2021 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm • https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/98825790731
Please join on Friday, Feb. 20 for the monthly online meeting of the California Community Colleges Distance Education Coordinators Org. Friday’s program features standing updates from DECO, the Chancellor’s Office, and the California Virtual Campus. This month’s featured program is on facilitating equity across our campuses, followed by Q&A.
AGENDA for Friday, Feb. 19, 2021 noon to 1 p.m.
12:00 – 12:10: Welcome and Update from CCC DECO – President Kandace Knudson
12:10 – 12:20: Update from CCC Chancellor’s Office – CO Specialist Erin Larson
12:20 – 12:30: Update from CVC-OEI Executive Director Jory Hadsell
12:30 – 1:00: Discussion: Equity and Inclusion in Distance Education –Lené Whitley-Putz, Dean of Instructional Technology at Foothill College; and Fabioloa Torres, Instructor of Ethnic Studies at Glendale College
1:00 Conclusion.
We invite you to join us every third Friday from noon to 1 p.m., this month on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, for the monthly online meeting of
the California Community Colleges Distance Education Coordinators
Org.
AGENDA for Friday, Jan. 15, 2021 noon to 1 p.m.
12:00 – 12:10: Welcome and Update from CCC DECO – President Kandace Knudson
12:10 – 12:20: Update from CCC Chancellor’s Office – CO Specialist Erin Larson
12:20 – 12:30: Update from CVC-OEI Executive Director Jory Hadsell
12:30 – 12:55: Discussion: Quality Distance Education Program Planning
1:00 Conclusion; Next meeting: Feb. 19
Thank you to CCC Systems Update DET/CHE presenters, hosts and attendees
These are busy times and we appreciate each of you who took your time to share insights and information for the greater good of our community and our students.
We also thank our DET/CHE 2020 Conference hosts, and all of you, the DE Coordinators, faculty and champions who attended and participated, and who do the important hands-on work on our campuses every day to bring high-quality online education to our students.
DET/CHE Conference 2020 Online
CCC Systems Update Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020; 3-5 p.m
Location: Join Online via Zoom
3:00 – 3:05 p.m. WELCOME/introductions | Say hello and announce your college in the chat! | CCC DECO Pres. Kandace Knudson & VP Joanna Miller |
3:05 – 3:25 p.m. Statewide Technology Access Collaborative | Navigating STAC for discounted prices before and after Dec. 4. | Jory Hadsell, Executive Director; Justin Schultz, Director, Planning & Grants Administration California Virtual Campus |
3:25-3:45 p.m. Accessibility Responsibilities | Whose job is it anyway? One district’s journey | Kandace Knudson, Sacramento City College DE Coordinator |
3:45-4:15 p.m. Budget Constraints, Resources, and other Post-COVID Adjustments | Where do we go from here? | CCC Chancellor’s Office: Marty Alvarado, Executive Vice Chancellor; Barney Gomez Vice-Chancellor of Digital Innovation and Infrastructure; Rebecca Ruan-O’Shaughnessy, Vice Chancellor, Educational Services and Support |
4:15 – 4:45 p.m. Proctoring and Policies | How CCCs are handling the issues of equity, privacy and academic integrity? A panel discussion. | CCCCO Chief Counsel Marc LeForestier and CCC Campus faculty: Julie Von Bergen, Math faculty, Los Medanos College; Nicholas DeMello Chemistry faculty and DE Coordinator, Cañada College; Jen Kienzle, Comm Studies faculty and DE Coordinator, CC San Francisco; Suzanne Wakim, Biology faculty and DE Coordinator, Butte College. |
| 4:45 – 4:55 p.m. Q&A | Questions from the field | |
| 4:55 – 5:00 p.m. Conclusion | BEST TO ALL IN 2021! |
Presented by: CCC DE Coordinators Organization
CCC DECO is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: DET/CHE CCC System Update
Time: Dec 1, 2020 03:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Please join us from noon to 1 p.m., on Friday, Nov. 20 for the monthly online meeting. Friday’s program features a presentation by a panel of DECO member colleges on Professional Development programs. The meeting also includes standing updates from DECO, the Chancellor’s Office, and CVC.
AGENDA for Friday, Nov. 20, noon to 1 p.m.
- 12:00 – 12:10: Welcome and Update from CCC DECO – President Kandace Knudson
- 12:10 – 12:20: Update from CCC Chancellor’s Office – CO Specialist Erin Larson
- 12:20 – 12:30: Update from CVC-OEI Executive Director Jory Hadsell
- 12:30 – 12:55: Panel presentation and Q&A on campus Professional Development programs.
- 1:00 Conclusion; Next meeting: Jan. 15, 2021
Ongoing Digital Resource
CCCCO Vice-Chancellor Barney Gomez outlines ongoing funding through June 30, 2021, for many previously funded services, including
Canvas Learning Management System |
Canvas LMS Student and Faculty Support (24X7 chat) |
Online video and engagement platform (Studio) |
Online tutoring platform (Pisces) |
Online accessibility support (Ally) |
Virtual communication platform (Zoom) |
Virtual science lab platform (Labster) |
Further information is found in Ongoing Digital Resources Support Memo as well as on CVC website Systemwide Support Services
CCC DECO is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Friday’s program features a presentation panel of DECO members discussing their campus/district guidance on the Equitable use of Video in Lectures or Exams in Online Classes. The meeting also includes standing updates from DECO, the Chancellor’s Office and CVC Executive Director Jory Hadsell.
AGENDA for Friday, Oct. 16, noon to 1 p.m.
12:00 – 12:10: Welcome and Update from CCC DECO – President Kandace Knudson
12:10 – 12:20: Update from CCC Chancellor’s Office – CO Specialist Erin Larson
12:20 – 12:30: Update from CVC-OEI Executive Director Jory Hadsell
12:30 – 12:55: Panel presentation and member Q&A on Equitable use of Video in Lectures or Exams in Online Classes
1:00 Conclusion
CCC DECO is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Please join us from noon to 1 p.m., on Friday, Sept. 18 from noon to 1 p.m. Friday’s program features an update from the CVC-OEI, followed by open Q&A.
AGENDA for Friday, Sept. 18, noon to 1 p.m.
12:00 – 12:10: Welcome and Update from CCC DECO – President Kandace Knudson
12:10 – 12:20: Update from CCC Chancellor’s Office – CO Specialist Erin Larson
12:20 – 12:40: Jory Hadsell, Executive Director of the CVC-OEI
12:40 – 12:55: Q&A with Jory Hadsell
12:55 – 1:00: Conclusion
Please join us from noon to 1 p.m., on Friday, Aug. 21. Friday’s program features an update on technology programs provided by the CCC Chancellor’s Office, with Vice Chancellor Barney Gomez. His update is followed by open Q&A.
CCC DECO is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
AGENDA for Friday, Aug. 21, noon to 1 p.m.
12:00 – 12:10: Welcome and Update from CCC DECO – President Kandace Knudson
12:10 – 12:20: Update from CCC Chancellor’s Office – CO Specialist Erin Larson
12:20 – 12:40: CCC Chancellor’s Office Technology Services– Vice Chancellor Barney Gomez, Digital Innovation and Infrastructure
12:40 – 12:55: Q&A and Shared Zoom Practices and Policies
12:55 – 1:00: Conclusion
This is a quick summer note:
- Reminder that we do not have a monthly meeting in July—our next meeting is the third Friday in August 12-1
- Look for a survey this week that will ask you to suggest improvements to the monthly DECO meetings
- See contact info below for your DECO executive team 2020-2021
We would like to express our gratitude to a supportive DEC community (especially to Lisa Beach and Rebecca Pang for their outstanding contributions to DECO!
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Wednesday, June 16 |
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Welcome/Intro |
3:00 – 3:05 |
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CO Update |
3:05 – 3:35 |
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CVC-OEI Update |
3:35 – 4:05 |
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TechConnect Update |
4:05 – 4:15 |
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CCC DECO Meeting |
4:15 – 4:20 |
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Q&A |
4:20 – 4:50 |
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Thursday, June 17 |
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Panel- Cross Enrollment |
2:00 – 2:45 |
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What’s new in Canvas |
2:45 – 3:10 |
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Q&A |
3:10 – 3:50 |
Please use the registration form linked below to register for this event.
Please join us from noon to 1 p.m., on Friday, May 15, 2020 for the monthly online meeting of the California Community Colleges Distance Education Coordinators Org. Friday’s program is an update on Accreditation with ACCJC’s president followed by open Q&A. We invite you to please submit your questions ahead of the meeting on this Google doc. However, we will also take questions through the chat during the meeting.
We hope you can join us live so you can participate in Q&A
Join us from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, April. 17, 2020 for the monthly online meeting of the California Community Colleges Distance Education Coordinators Org. Please join us
The Chancellor’s Office, the ASCCC, DEETAC and guests will host a discussion on Temporary Emergency Blanket Distance Education Addendum for Summer and Fall 2020 to address your questions and concerns and will also include some discussion on how to move from blanket to local Separate Course Approval as required by title 5. The webinar is scheduled for today, April 13 from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Join the Meeting
DE Resources
As each college and district is working to determine a way forward in the current challenging circumstances, we would like to offer some resources and information that may be helpful for those of us dealing directly with matters related to distance education. We hope these are helpful.
Please join us from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020 for the monthly online meeting of the California Community Colleges Distance Education Coordinators Org. Our program this month features a presentation on Competency-Based Education by Charla Long, J.D., Executive Director of the Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN). Her essay on Competency-Based Education can be found here in an Inside Higher Ed commentary, which also includes a link to a Quality Framework for CBE programs. She has also worked with Calbright to provide an informational workshop on CBE.
AGENDA for Friday, Feb. 20, noon to 1 p.m.
12:00 – 12:10: Welcome and Update from CCC DECO – President Lisa Beach
12:10 – 12:25: Update from CCC Chancellor’s Office – CO Specialist Erin Larson
12:25 – 12:55: Competency-Based Education programs and the California Community Colleges C-BEN Executive Director Charla Long
12:55 – 1:00: Survey of future topic suggestions
Conclusion and Announcement of next meeting date: Friday, March 20, 2020.
Please join us from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020 for the monthly online meeting of the California Community Colleges Distance Education Coordinators Org. Our program this month includes our standing updates, as well as a presentation by CVC-OEI Executive Director Jory Hadsell.
AGENDA for Friday, Jan. 17, noon to 1 p.m.
12:00 – 12:10: Welcome and Update from CCC DECO – President Lisa Beach
12:10 – 12:25: Update from CCC Chancellor’s Office – CO Specialist Erin Larson
12:25 – 12:55: CVC-OEI Consortium: Applications, Ecosystem, and Online Pathways Grant – CVC-OEI Executive Direct Jory Hadsell
12:55 – 1:00: Conclusion and Announcement of next meeting date: Friday, Feb. 21, 2020.
Now available some of the recordings from CCC System Meeting from DET/CHE 2019
Please join us from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019 for the monthly online meeting of the California Community Colleges Distance Education Coordinators Org. Our program this month includes our standing updates, as well as a presentation on work being done by all of you in the field on user experience in the Common Course Management System.
AGENDA for Friday, Nov. 18, noon to 1 p.m.
12:00–12:10: Welcome and Update from CCC DECO – President Lisa Beach
12:10–12:25: Update from CCC Chancellor’s Office–CO Specialist Erin Larson
12:25 – 12:55: Update on the CCMS – Bob Nash, Dean of Academic Affairs, CVC-OEI
12:55 – 1:00: Conclusion and Announcement of next meeting date: Friday, Jan. 17, 2020! (No December meeting.)
If you are looking for the DE Addendum Slides
The DE Addendum Meeting Title 5 Requirements, Supporting Course Quality Provided are provided by Tracy Schaelen, and Randy Beach of Southwestern College
Check out the resources at the Accessibility Center as well as the self-paced accessibility courses offered in collaboration with the Online Network of Educators (@ONE).
Joining the DE-All List Serve To join the DE-ALL List Serve, each participant must contact their individual college’s Chief Information System Operator or IT department. No one can be added by the Chancellor’s Office or any other central location. The DE-all distribution list is an alias list serve that is ultimately populated by each of the colleges. The CCC Chancellor’s Office has designated one alias identifier for every college. The college may point their alias identifier to any e-mail address within its domain. They can point it to one person or more than one person. The number of people added to the list serve from each college is a local decision. The individual responsible for this at the local level is the Chief Information System Officer (CISO). All request to be added to the DE-ALL list should be made to the CISO and should follow established local procedures.
For membership questions – membership@cccdeco.org
For all other inquiries – deco@cccdeco.org