Chabot Community College

Committee on Online Learning
Minutes for Meeting: February 16, 2010

(Attendees: Ramona Silver(chair), Norman Buchwald, Bob Buell, , Desmond Chun, Richard Dinwiddie, Jerry Egusa, Aldrian Estepa, Michael, Langdon, Lisa Ulibarri, Minta Winsor, Wanda Wong and Sherri Yeager.)

1). Course Demonstrations updates: Connie Telles has her demonstration scheduled for Wednesday February 17, 2010 at 2:00PM. Sadie Ashraf had to reschedule her demonstration for March due to a family emergency. (NOTE: on Wednesday 2.17.10, Connie Telles completed her demonstration and her course is now approved.)

2). In regard to the question pertaining to language courses; in this case French courses that require lab hours, the committee discussed whether or not these courses needed to be designated as "hybrids" when only 1 hour per week; 18 hours per semester, considered to be "lab hours" were delivered to the students online. The committee determined that these courses are deemed "hybrids" since the lab hour is still considered to be a "contact hour" between instructor and student. Additionally 18 hours of the course require online instruction and participation. Therefore the committee asserted that any faculty who teach these type of language courses that are "hybrids", must fulfill the Committee on Online Learning approval process. Professor Parrish has already submitted the five designated hybrid French courses for approval. The Chair sent an e-mail to Professor Parrish informing her of the committee's determination and she stated that she would inform the rest of the language instructors of this decision.

3). The Chair submitted a new Authentic Assessment list to the committee. She asked them for feedback regarding the list at thier convenience.

4). The Chair presented two different design options for the COOL Blog page. The Committee members present, chose one that they felt reflected best, the nature of the COOL mission; namely that we are Green and that we are futuristic in our thinking regarding online learning. The Chair hopes to have an actual test page of our COOL blog ready for presntation at the March 16, 2010 meeting. Additionally, at that time, she also intends to present a BLOG topic list for the committee to review.

5). The Chair discussed the upcoming proposal reviews. She stated that she would send the review team list to the COOL members by Thursday February 18, 2010. The Chair also informed the committee that she would have the BOLT discussion board set up with the proposals by Monday evening February 22, 2010.

Next COOL Meeting is Scheduled for Tuesday March 2, 2010 at Noon in Room 1506!