2022-2023 Academic Year
Happy New Year! Please plan to join us from noon to 1 pm on Friday, January 20, for the first monthly online meeting of the California Community Colleges Distance Education Coordinators Organization for 2023!
Our meeting program will feature:
- Updates from the Chancellor’s Office
- Presentations and discussion on strategic adoption of online educational technologies and the role of DE Coordinators
- Kandace Knudson, Sacramento City College
- Lené Whitley-Putz, Foothill College
Slides/Shared Resource
12:00-1:00
Our meeting will feature quick highlights of the year in distance education from the Chancellor’s Office, CVC, and DECO. We’ll then take some time for breakouts where you can join discussions on some of the hottest DE topics from 2022. Please join us!
- 12:00 – 12:05 Welcome – DECO President Joanna Miller
- 12:05 – 12:25 2022 in Review CVC – Dr. Marina Aminy, Executive Director DECO – Dr. Jim Julius, DECO PIO
- 12:25 – 12:55 Breakout rooms – Topics in Distance Education 2022
- 12:55 – 1:00 Conclusion
Slides/Shared Resource
12:00-1:00
This month, we will follow up on our work on terminology for online modalities, hear an update from CVC, and learn from our peers about newly adopted DE policies and procedures that reflect new federal and state regulation changes.
- 12:00 – 12:05 Welcome – DECO President Joanna Miller
- 12:05 – 12:20 California Virtual Campus Update: Marina Aminy, Executive Director
- 12:20 – 12:25 Title 5 revisions overview
- 12:25 – 12:55 Updating Distance Education and RSI Policies & Procedures: Examples from the field.
- 12:55 – 1:00 Conclusion
Slides/Shared Resource
- 12:00-1:00
Topics
Our program this month will feature Erin Larson from the Chancellor’s Office, providing general DE-related CO updates as well as updates and reminders about coding, reporting expectations, and attendance accounting for different course section modalities (including modalities that have emerged over the last couple years). This update, plus the data from the survey, will help kick off sharing and discussion among DECOs about course modality practices during the meeting.
Please respond to a brief DECO survey about course section modality terminology used at your college/district.
Slides/Shared Resource
- DECO Slides
- Chancellor’s Office Update
- Pending Regulatory Actions
- Overview and Guidance: Nov. 7, 3:30-4:30
- Breakout Rooms Master Document
- 2022-23 COVID-19 Emergency Conditions Allowance Application due September 1, 2022
- FAQ on FS 21-12: Regulatory Changes to Distance Education Attendance Accounting
- Memo FS 21-09 Attendance Accounting Guidance for Transitions to In-Person Instruction
- Attendance Account Memos
- Data Element Dictionary
Topics
Our program this month will feature Dr. Marina Aminy from CVC, providing a general update as well as deeper dives into:
- the expectations associated with the Emergency Conditions Allowance memo,
- establishing and/or scaling local Peer Online Course Review (POCR) programs, which was the most frequently mentioned item of interest by you all during our August meeting.
Slides/Shared Resources
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Topics
- 12:00 – 12:05 Welcome and Update from CCC DECO – President Joanna Miller
- 12:05 – 12:35 DE Coordinator discussion and prioritization of challenges and opportunities for 2022-23
- 12:35 – 12:55 Updates from CCC Chancellor’s Office – Erin Larson & Rebecca Ruan-O’Shaughnessy
- Enrollment management and the role of DE
- Course Exchange/Emergency Conditions Allowance guidance/requirements
- Funding processes for the $115 million supporting Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) program development
- The new XB12 MIS element for tracking types of ZTC classes
- Status/timeline of Title 5 DE changes
- 12:55 – 1:00 Conclusion