Distance Education

Departmental Support

Nancy J. Rivers

Wake Technical Community College

Raleigh, North Carolina

njrivers@waketech.edu

Distance Education Committee

Set/propose departmental distance education policies.

Discuss issues of class management. Advise about student issues.

Distance Education Committee

Share resources. Teach each other. Develop classes with a “similar feel”.

Distance Ed Lead Instructor

Interfaces with the Division DE Contact Advocates for DE instructors with

department chairman and administration

Distance Ed Lead Instructor

Serves on the college’s DE Committee Chairs the department’s DE Committee Provides technical support

Distance Ed Lead Instructor

Coordinates DE within the department

Aids with professional development of instructors of distance education courses

Distance Ed Lead Instructor

Aids department chairman in planning/scheduling/staffing DE courses

Maintains the Math Demo Course on Blackboard

Math Demo Course

Primarily managed by the department DE lead.

Frame work that can be copied and on which a class can be built.

Math Demo Course

Helps to ensure that each class includes elements the DE committee and the “powers that be” have determined necessary.

Math Demo Course

All DE instructors can post work there to share, e.g. Camtasia video files

Avenue of communication for the department’s DE committee