Distance Education Departmental Support Nancy J. Rivers Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, North Carolina

Distance Education Committee Set/propose departmental distance education policies. Discuss issues of class management. Advise about student issues.

Distance Education Committee Share resources. Teach each other. Develop classes with a “similar feel”.

Distance Ed Lead Instructor Interfaces with the Division DE Contact Advocates for DE instructors with department chairman and administration

Distance Ed Lead Instructor Serves on the college’s DE Committee Chairs the department’s DE Committee Provides technical support

Distance Ed Lead Instructor Coordinates DE within the department Aids with professional development of instructors of distance education courses

Distance Ed Lead Instructor Aids department chairman in planning/scheduling/staffing DE courses Maintains the Math Demo Course on Blackboard

Math Demo Course Primarily managed by the department DE lead. Frame work that can be copied and on which a class can be built.

Math Demo Course Helps to ensure that each class includes elements the DE committee and the “powers that be” have determined necessary.

Math Demo Course All DE instructors can post work there to share, e.g. Camtasia video files Avenue of communication for the department’s DE committee