eLearning Agenda for April 26, 2023

Date: April 26, 2023

Location: RFK 216

I.     Please note that all voting committee members must appear in person to vote for next year’s Chair and Secretary. We must have a quorum in order to conduct a vote. That is at least 4 of the 6 eligible voting members. Members who are leaving do not vote.

 

II.     Call to Order

III.    Approve previous meeting minutes

IV.     May, 2023 eLearning Newsletter Contributors: 

4.1          Daniel Garbin

4.2          Punita Bhansali

4.3          Humberto Morales

4.4          Please contact Nishat Faruqui at nfaruqui@qcc.cuny.edu for her technical assistance 

 

V.     Current Business

 

 5.1        Student Technology Fee Committee meeting (3-30-2023)

 

1. Scaling asynchronous faculty training (CUNY initiative)
2. Move for faculty to get approval for asynchronous teaching after completion of

one of the following 3 trainings to procure approval for asynchronous teaching: Quality Matters https://www.qualitymatters.org/ , eLearning Institute https://www.qcc.cuny.edu/elearning/facultySupport.html, ACUE https://acue.org/

1. eLearning Institute is currently not offered
2. Quality Matters summer course is full, The next QM cohort will run in Fall 2023
3. Business Administration program in Phase I – courses fully asynchronous

 

VI. New Business 

 

6.1          Committee Addendum - Tony and Shenaz

According to Steering Committee, the committee should continue to write and publish the eLearning Committee Addendum/ Guidebook, which is under DOCUMENTS on our webpage (Goal #2: eLearning Committee will provide guideline guidelines, standards, and best practices in online instruction to the College.)

 

6.2 Annual Report - Tony

• events of the year
• activities in fulfillment of the committee's charges: bylaws, specific annual
• charges from the Steering Committee
• issues related to the work process of the committee
• Description of what might be done to support and further the work of the committee.

            https://www.qcc.cuny.edu/governance/academicSenate/gcg.html#attachment4

 

6.3         Thank you

         Thanks to the following committee members who will be leaving after this semester:

         Punita Bhansali, Secretary; Merlinda Drini Prelvukaj; Celia Sporer

         Your work has been greatly appreciated!

 

6.4         New committee members: (2023 – 2026):

        

Name	Department	Term Ending
Mohammad Javdan	Biological Sciences & Geology	2026
Barbara Frary	Business	2026
Emily El Halouani	Marketing & Communications	2026

 

 6.5          Elections for Chair and Secretary

  

VII.          Adjournment