Adopting the OEI Course Design Rubric Presentation to the LPC Academic Senate, Oct. 11, 2017

Online Education Initiative (OEI) Course Design Rubric Created by the leading faculty practitioners of online learning in the CCCs Promotes student success in online courses Meets accreditation and regulatory requirements Provides standards relating to content presentation, interaction, assessment, and web accessibility View the OEI Course Design Rubric

Recommendations Nov. 2015: State academic senate adopted Resolution 9.01 F15 “Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges encourage local senates to establish rubrics for online course standards.” Aug. 2017: LPC DE Committee adopted… “the OEI Course Design Rubric as the standards to strive for in DE classes and to recommend that faculty follow these standards in order to meet accreditation and regulatory requirements.” The DE Committee is asking for the LPC Academic Senate to adopt its recommendation as a resolution.

Why should Academic Senate adopt the OEI course design rubric? Benefits students Enhances student learning Seeks to increase success and retention rates Increases course quality Not all faculty trained in online course design and online teaching Preparation for the OEI Course Exchange if LPC decides to join Meets legal requirements (e.g., web accessibility) Allows LPC to meet accreditation requirements

Other colleges Among the colleges that have adopted, or are in the process of adopting, the rubric: American River, City College of SF, Canada, Contra Costa, Cuesta, Cypress, Diablo Valley College, El Camino, Fresno City, Fullerton, Grossmont, Mt. San Jacinto, Santa Rosa, Solano, Woodland