Manny Griego - GCC          Ron Bleed - Dist
Brad Kincaid - MCC          Mary Long - SMCC
Chris MacCrate - EMCC       Nancy Matte - PC
Alan Levine - Dist          Mary Lou Mosley - PVCC
Pam Petty - CGCC            Marian Tadano - PC
Richard Shortridge - GCC    Pat Medeiros - SCC
Pat Case - RSC              Rosemary Kesler - GWCC

The four issues that came from the committee are:

1. Recommend MCCD Distance Learning program that will be cost effective;
2. Review National Technology Standards and try to emulate on a District-wide level (e.g. NCA/ACE/WICHE);
3. Develop Standards/Best Practices for program;
4. Identify a process for MCCD as a whole.

This is a district-wide approach to providing a useful student access to distance learning, not just for Rio Salado.

• Value statement - District will endorse a District-wide Distance Learning program; Distance Learning students should have the same opportunities as classroom students; Student access should be expanded; This program is designed for the Maricopa Community first.
• Standards/Best Practices - Mostly from national sources. See the recent report from AAHE/ACPA/NSAPA Joint Task Force on Student Learning, http://www.aahe.org/assessment/joint.htm
• Partnerships - Working on partnerships with 4-year colleges to help the student focus on what he/she needs to transfer.
• "Portal" - a web page that does real work. The proposed "Maricopa Online" would contain several such information portals for students.

  Phase 1- By Fall 1999

  • Database for all colleges online courses "from start to finish" (e.g. course description, course guidelines, course syllabus, etc.); Distance Learning meaning that 90% of all work online; catalog with courses; easily searchable because of common course numbering.
  • Partnerships - links to 4-year college where our students can transfer their credits (Western Governors, Open University US, Governors State, ASU?)
  • "Touch.net" - Online administration/records web page; Has all the grades, student services available as well as register online in "real time" (This is ready now)
  • Online tutoring/counseling/advising (in the works)
  • Cybrary - online library; access from anywhere/anyone; inter library loan available; Available now to all no matter if you are taking Distance Learning courses or not. See http://www.lib.maricopa.edu/
  Note that all items except the first could be used by any student, distance learning or not.

  Phase 2 - later, open to development

  • Links to commercial sites (i.e. books, computers) to enable the student to purchase items not available at the colleges (generate revenue?)
  • Personal web page - student e-mail, links to course information, portfolio of work, etc.

The committee is also going to ask for funds for computer programmer support and marketing at each college involved in the program.

The committee will not be involved in the curriculum aspect at all. They will allow each college to do what they want/how they want, as long as they maintain the standards set by the council. This is not a council run by District but by its members.

We would like to provide the panel with questions prior to the retreat. What questions/issues do we want to address?

Suggestion: Maybe we should respond to the Distance Learning Report instead of talking about it?

Purpose: Campus people interacting with each other (provide a 'social hour' that makes us get to know each other) - Facilitated by Loman Clark or Betzy Hertzog, or Steve Saffron?

Invite Faculty-Staff Developers to help in discussion of Faculty issue

Invite members from Training Services, Human Resources, and ITS.

Retreat issues are the same five from last year, but we should ask for district perspective/impacts on them. Mary long's Brainstorm of Possible District-wide issues

• New Administration Systems
• E-mail (replacement of/a1/students e-mail)
• Job Placement/Health Care
• OE/OE
• Y2K
• Staffing
• Distance Learning "Portal"
• Faculty Development

Ocotillo Issues	District Issues	Connections
Assessment and Evaluation		Flashlight, Institutional Researchers, End Statements
Distance Learning	Distance Learning "Portal" / Chancellor's Committee	Blackboard/CoureInfo, ITS
Access	New Administration Systems, E-mail, OE/OE, Mac vs Windows	ITS, Business Services
Tech Staffing- Hiring & Keeping	Staffing Policies	HR Department
Faculty Development		Training Services, QED/HR, Professional Growth
	Job Placement/Health Care, Y2K	??

Can there be a District Technology Roundtable to coordinate information? How do we organize all this information on an ongoing basis? How do we start and continue the communication process?

Goal for Retreat: To begin to connect, identify district-wide issues; ensure connection continues; combination of links.

Suggestion: The faculty who attend the Flashlight workshop prior to the Retreat should be a part of Ocotillo Retreat discussion.

Possible Activity: We should showcase our successes, share our accomplishments.

DIs heard that there was a ranking of the Technology Plans from 3 to 8. What is the criteria from these rankings. Alan suggested that the Chairs develop their own criteria. Pat Case offered to come up with "Core Criteria" that each college should address. The Chairs need to agree on these elements. Pat will then share with the other Chairs.

• Richard Swigart, Property Control expalins reporting of inventory
• Issue topic: Faculty Development (Rosemary Kesler & Pat Case)
• Finalize list of issue questions

To do:

• The Chairs need to go to their Roundtables to come up with specific questions related to the issues for the Retreat. Questions need to be sent to Tracy Price (via a1) by April 7th.
• Names for the Flashlight Workshop/Web'99 conference are due to Tracy Price (via a1) by April 7th.
• Names for the Ocotillo Retreat are due to Tracy by April 2nd. Don't forget that you have to opportunity to choose your own roommate and make any special dietary requests.