CCC DE Coordinators Monthly Meetings

The CCC DECO Executive Committee invites all to join our monthly online meeting. This gathering serves as a platform to provide valuable updates on current topics within the field of Distance Education. Your active participation is highly encouraged, as we believe in fostering a collaborative environment where insights from diverse perspectives contribute to the enrichment of our community.

2024-2025 Academic Year

Join us Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 1 p.m

Register for Meeting

The meeting will take place prior to the start of the annual DET/CHE conference in Monterey, California. Meeting location and Zoom links will be shared closer to the meeting date.

T

he meeting recording will be available on DECO’s Canvas instance.

Meeting Slides

Additional Resources

2023-2024 Academic Year

Joint CVC Consortium & CCC DECO meeting on Wednesday, December 6, from 1-3 p.m.

Recorded Meeting

Slides

DECO Slides

2022-2023 Academic Year

Noon to 1 pm

Our meeting program will feature:

  • Updates from Justine Pereira and Michael Quiaoit of the Chancellor’s Office on the RFA for Systemwide Professional Development
  • Presentation on Online Science Labs from Chaffey College: Shannon Jessen and Angela Cardinale

Slides/Shared Resource

Noon to 1 pm

Our meeting program will feature:

  • Updates from Dr. Marina Aminy, Executive Director of CVC
  • Presentation on Outcomes Assessment, Canvas, and 21st Century Skills Badging from Chaffey College: Angela Cardinale, Trelisa Glasatov, and Laura
    Picklesimer

Slides/Shared Resource

Noon to 1 pm

Our meeting program will feature:

  • Updates from the Chancellor’s Office, including CO support for DE professional development and technologies
  • Presentations from DE colleagues about recently posted DE support positions, and the context for institutional support for those positions (DE teams, governance, and culture)
 

Slides/Shared Resource

Noon to 1 pm

Our meeting program will feature:

  • Updates from the California Virtual Campus
  • A presentation on Addressing Challenges of ChatGPT by Cynthia Alby, Professor of Teacher Education at Georgia College and author of a recent FacultyFocus article on ChatGPT

Slides/Shared Resource

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

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

12:00-1:00

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

Slides/Shared Resources