Digital Learning Center
Distance Education & Instructional Development
Adding Distance Education
to SOCRATES Course Outlines
The following pages contain links to information designed to assist faculty members in adding distance education modalities to their SOCRATES curriculum proposals:
SOCRATES Information and Pointers
Applicable Sections in SOCRATES
Distance Education Subcommittee Information
SOCRATES Information and Pointers
The
Distance Education Subcommittee of the Curriculum Committee (DE
Subcommittee) suggests that while adding distance education modalities
or revising distance education modalities, keep the following in mind:
1. Your course outline in Socrates is a public document used by faculty who are teaching the course and by outside institutions
that are viewing the course for articulation agreements.
2. Whatever the mode of instruction, the course delivery should be equivalent, even if not identical.
- Final exams/assessments should be equal in length and difficulty for all modalities.
- If homework is part of one modality, it should be included in all modalities.
- If quizzes are part of one modality, it should be included in all modalities.
- If individual and or proctored exams/assessments are required for one modality, they should be required for all modalities.
- If class participation is required for one modality, it should be required for all modalities in some form.
- If group work is required for one modality, it should be required for all modalities in some form.
3. Typical in-class activities can be adapted for distance education:
- Group work can be done on discussion boards, chat rooms and email.
- Class discussion can be done on discussion boards, chat rooms and email.
- Demonstrations
can be filmed through Media Services and included on a DVD for the
course that could be purchased through the bookstore. Some publishers
also offer a variety of demonstrations through their website
- Guest
speakers may be filmed during a regular class and added to a class DVD
or tape that can be sold at the bookstore or distributed through course
management software. However, you must have the speaker'd5s permission
first.
- Lab work can be completed online and submitted through course management software.
- Hands-on
work can be completed through CCCConfer application sharing -- you can
give the student control of a file on your computer and discuss the
changes being made. This discussion can be done through a toll-free
phone number. The entire class can participate in this activity.
4. Look through Socrates for DE courses that are similar to your proposed course in style of class and DE mode. If you need
assistance identifying a model DE course, please contact a member of the DE Subcommittee.
This page was last updated: Thursday, October 12, 2006 at 12:16:44 PM
