Distance Education Program Mission Statement

The Committee on Distance Education (CoDE) is a senate committee. Its charge is to recommend actions on all matters relating to distance education to ensure that GCC faculty are trained to deliver, and students able to experience, the same standards of course quality in distance education as are applied to traditional classroom courses, and that distance education students have access to services and support in online modalities. CoDE makes recommendations to support the development of DE courses that are diverse, equitable, accessible, anti-racist, humanized, and possess further qualities of highly effective online instruction. CoDE recommends policies that support

• access addressing students’ flexible scheduling needs, as well as the use of Universal Design for Learning to create accessible content;
• development of asynchronous courses to enable completion of credit and noncredit diplomas, certificates, career and technical training, and associate degree paths;
• Online student services, learning support, and technology that enable students to reach their educational goals in an efficient and timely manner;
• student retention through the use of the Learning Management System (LMS) and online instructor responsibility and accountability;
• enhancement of faculty training in synchronous and asynchronous online instructional methods and strategies;
• clear expectations, guidelines, and policies for instructors teaching distance education courses in order to fulfill local, state, and federal requirements.

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GCC DE Introduction, 3 & 5-Year Plan, Statistics, and AR4105

•  Introduction and Purpose of Distance Education at GCC
• GCC Distance Education Program Strategic 3-Year Plan 2022-2025
• GCC Distance Education Strategic 5-Year Plan 2018-2023
• GCC Distance Education Statistics Fall 2011-Spring 2018
• GCC Distance Education Statistics Fall 2018-Spring 2019
• GCC Distance Education Statistics Fall 2019-Spring 2020
• GCC Administrative Regulation 4105 Distance Education

CCCCO DE Report, DE Guidelines, Accessibility Taskforce, and ACCJC Guide

• CCC Chancellor's Office: Distance Education Report (2017)
• Distance Education Guidelines - Omnibus (2008)
• DEAG Taskforce: DE Accessibility Guidelines (Jan 2011)
• CCC Chancellor's Office: Accessibility Standard (2018)
• ACCJC: Guide to Evaluating DE and CE (June 2013)
• ACCJC: Policy on Distance Education and on Correspondence Education (June 2021)
• DEETAC: Distance Education Guidelines 2019 (Jan 2020)
• CCCCO Guidance for Distance Education Regulation Changes (April 2023)
• DOJ & DOE Joint Letter: Accessibility and the Law (May 2023)
• ACCJC: Policy on Distance Education and Correspondence Education (Jan 2024)

DE Approved Addenda, New Course Proposal Process

• Approved Distance Education Addenda List
• DE Addendum and DE Course Proposal Process

DE Certification, Recertification, CVC-OEI

• Distance Education Certification through GCC
• Distance Education Certified Faculty List at GCC
• Alternative Ways to Obtain DE Certification
• Distance Education GADER (Recertification)
• Participating in the CVC-OEI through GCC

Distance Education Handbooks/Student Rights

• GCC Distance Education Handbook 2020-2021
• Students Rights in an Online and Hybrid Course
• Camera Use Policy - CCCCO Legal Opinion
• Zoom Recording & Posting Policy

DE Course Evaluation Process and Forms

• DE Course Evaluation Process and Forms
• Instructional Faculty Evaluation
• DE Evaluation Rubric (accompanies Evaluation)
• How to add an Evaluator to a Course
• Self-Paced OEI Course Alignment Course
• Distance Education Faculty Resource Shell

CoDE + Your DE Team!

• Committee on Distance Education (CoDE)

• Meet Your GCC Distance Education Team

Do you Have Questions or Concerns?  

Piper Rooney (DE Coordinator)
mrooney@glendale.edu
(818) 240-1000 x5342
Faculty Innovation Center (SV)

Chairs CoDE + DE Course Approvals + DE Policy + DE Procedure + Leads DE Program: Provides leadership and guidance of the Distance Education (DE) program as it works to meet the needs of students and faculty while meeting federal and state guidelines. Responsible for the planning, coordination, and growth of instruction in an online environment at Glendale Community College. Organizes and chairs the Academic Senate Committee on Distance Education (CoDE).

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