Distance Learning - Francis Pandolfi
The purpose of this meeting, facilitated by Frances Pandolfi, was to refine aspects of the Interim Report of the CUL Committee on Distributed Learning, and to begin to develop a plan to implement the report's recommendations. A copy of the Interim Report will be found on the StaffWeb. Present at this meeting were LMT, the Committee on Distributed Learning, and Vice President Mary Sansalone.
ENHANCING THE MISSION
To support the curriculum needs for faculty and students who participate in distance learning by providing leadership in creation design and use of digital resources and services. We do this to improve and enhance the quality of learning.
HOW DO WE PROVIDE LEADERSHIP?
Acquire and reallocate necessary resources
- staffing (appropriate talents)
- staff commitment
- capital resources
- infrastructure
Develop new digital resources
- digitize collections
- partner with faculty to identify and present materials
- acquire digitized collections
Collaborate with faculty
- advocating
- identifying
- creating
- organizing
- integrating
- partnerships
Provide support for distance learning
- linking students to resources
- deliver hard copy
- develop and enhance reference and instruction services
Build awareness (expand expectations) of resources and services: showcase successes.
Participate in and influence intellectual property issues.
Search out opportunities for collaborations.
- internal (CIT, ETC.)
- external (other universities, etc.)
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
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Leadership Priority # |
Measures |
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1 |
Create Business Plan
- statement of purpose
- priorities
- performance measures
- timetable
- accountability
- budget
- phases
Market Plan
- Provost
- CFO
- Deans/Faculty
- Trustees
- Staff
Internal Reallocation |
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2 |
- Number of collections acquired
- Usage of collections in distance learning
- Number of faculty partnerships
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3 |
- Survey faculty and distance learners to see
if working together impacted end result. |
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4 |
- Measure interactions
- Number of services developed
- Satisfaction with use
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5 |
- Research over time re awareness
- Do students/faculty feel horizons were
expanded
- Information resource management in
course evaluations |
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6 |
- Create and evolve policy
- Assign resources to the problem
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7 |
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rev. for StaffWeb 9/14/00, jdl