DL courses - Curriculum Committee Review

Prepare Your DL Course for Curriculum Committee Review

To convert your face-to-face course to an online course, you will need to fill out and submit the Distance Learning Addendum to an Existing Class form to the curriculum committee.

E-mail us to check the specific curriculum form due dates for this year

DL Addendum Form Instructions and Resources

The information requested by the committee to approve your course is included in a form consisting of the nine questions listed below. To fill out the form and answer the questions use the following resources:

Download the Distance Learning Addendum to an Existing Class form and customizeto fit your course needs. This template includes a shell for all nine questions; customize the red text on the document to fit your course information and needs.
Download the Distance Learning Courses Process of Approval, Frequently Asked Questions and refer to it as you answer the various questions on the form.
BEFORE submitting it to the Academic Service office. Email your form to the Course Evaluation Subcommittee Chair: Allison Murray, and to Dr. Amit Shai, Director of Instructional Technology & Distance Learning for feedback.
Update your form with the recommended changes, obtain all necessary signatures and submit to the committee before the due dates posted above.

The following questions are to assist the course originator in demonstrating that the distance learning interactions are appropriate and equivalent to the traditional course format, as effective as the existing course expectations, and to document this process.

1. COURSE TYPES & MEETINGS: Identify one or more DL course types that will be appropriate for this course. If any on-campus instructional hours are required, specify how many and for what purpose.

2. CLASS SIZE: Is the class size maximum for this course the same as for comparable on-campus classes? If not, what is the difference, and why is this difference being requested? (Note: Changes from the normal class size maximum for comparable courses should be addressed in the contract since they affect workload issues. You will have to formalize this prior to acceptance of this proposal.)

3. INTERACTIONS: Describe the nature and frequency of instructor-student, student-student, and student-content interactions and provide examples of course components taught using distance learning techniques (e.g. number of on-campus meeting if any, testing, or other evaluation procedures, and approximate breakdown of time to be spent by students per week, % of course time spent on-line, doing individual work, interacting with other students, communicating with the instructor, etc.).

4. INSTRUCTION: Describe how course objectives and content will be delivered (e.g. what are the methods of instruction being used, approximate time schedule, necessary instructional materials).

5. ASSIGNMENTS/EVALUATION: Describe how assignments and methods of evaluation are used so that comparable instructor-student contact is maintained: interactions to assure students' participation, evaluations that are verifiable, equivalent and appropriate. List criteria to substantiate the student learning, explain how these interactions will be measured.

6. TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT: Describe the technological and other types of support necessary for this course to be delivered at distance (e.g. the college's existing technology, training, support personnel, materials and resources, technical support, etc. necessary for faculty and students in this course).

7. STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES: Describe any additional student support services that are necessary (e.g. counseling, financial aid, bookstore, library, learning centers, etc.).

8. COURSE EFFECTIVENESS: Describe the criteria that will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of this course including student access, student satisfaction, student achievement, retention rate, student training needs, costs, etc.

9. ACCESSIBILITY: Describe how the design of the course will insure access for students with
disabilities including compliance with Level One priorities as defined in the Web Content Accessibility
Guides (http://itdc.lbcc.edu) which is required by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Submit these answers in a memorandum, including this signed document, and a copy of the existing course outline of record to the Academic Services Office to begin the course approval process.