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Volume 1 Issue 1November 1997

Distance Education Issues

Cristina Mora-Lopez
Distance Education, CCCCO

The Title 5 regulations of the California Education Code, as per the March 1994 amendments, currently require that each California Community College District offering distance education courses report annually to their Board of Trustees (BOT) and submit a copy to the Chancellor's Office (CO) on July 1 (Sections 55317 b). The regulations also stipulate that courses offered for transfer require instructor and student to have "regular personal contact" (Section 55376 (a) & (b)). The regulations also established a Distance Education Technical Advisory Committee (DETAC) to review the work in progress and recommend necessary changes to the Chancellor.

The DETAC is recommending three revisions to the current Title 5 regulations during the remaining distance education study period. The revisions would change the due date for Districts to report to their BOT and the CO, extend the length of time for the distance education evaluation period, and eliminate "regular personal contact" for Distance Education transfer courses. The proposed revisions would take effect on June 1, 1998. Consequently, the proposed changes are for a two-year and six-month period until the final recommendations are advanced by the committee in its full report to the BOG scheduled for March and May 2000.

The committee reviewed the reports prepared for the past three years and has concluded that the reports still have substantial variability in format, content, and documentation and that definitive statements could not be made of distance education systemwide.

The DETAC is in the process of developing three survey instruments (Institution, Student, and Faculty Satisfaction) to be disseminated to each District. The Chancellor?s Office hopes to forward the surveys to each district by mid-October or early November. Each District has also appointed a Distance Education Coordinator. The coordinator is the liaison between the Chancellor's Office and their respective campuses. A list of the Distance Education Coordinators is available on the CCCCO Web site. If you have any questions, contact Cristina Mora-Lopez at the Chancellor?s Office (916-322-4055).

Distance Education Technical Advisory Committee

Academic Senate
Kathy O'Connor
Santa Barbara College

Ric Mathews
San Diego MiraMar

Dave Megill
MiraCosta College

CEO
Barbara Beno
Vista College

CIO
Barbara Hollowell
Coastline College

Consortia
Stanley Francus - Southern
Long Beach City College

Jay Thompson - Northern
Executive Director, Consortium
for Distance Learning

LARRC Researcher Group
Brian Haley
Sierra College

Ling Song
College of Marin

Chancellor's Office Staff
Lebaron Woodyard
Cristina Mora-Lopez