Distance and Blended Learning Committee

Application for Majority Online Courses

MEETING DATES

Faculty Members

• 2014 Dave Henderson (COB)
• 2014 Ron Zacharski (CAS)
• 2015 Teresa Coffman  (COE)
• 2016 Debbie Hydorn (CAS)
• 2016 Gladys Gomez (COB)

Ex-Officio Members

• Jim Groom, Director of the Division of Teaching and Learning with Technology
• Mary Kayler, Director of the University Teaching Center
• Paul Boger, Representative appointed by the University Librarian from the UMW Libraries
• Greta Franklin, Representative appointed by the Vice President of Student Affairs from Student Affairs
• Representative appointed by the Chief Information Officer

Duties

2.8.1 The committee’s duties are to :

.1 Maintain the quality and integrity of the curriculum for courses and programs offered in a majority online format;

.2 Establish procedures and criteria for approval, deletion, and alteration of courses and programs offered in a majority online format;

.3 Review and approve or reject proposals from the various departments for courses to be offered in a majority online format;

.4 Review and evaluate majority online courses on a scheduled and on-going basis to ensure that courses continue to represent the tradition of quality education at UMW, making suggestions for course revisions or removal from the curriculum as appropriate;

.5 Perform any and all additional duties pertaining to this committee at the request of the committee’s chair;

.6 Make information available regarding the procedures and deadlines for proposing courses to the appropriate oversight committee; and

.7 Perform other duties as assigned by the UFC.