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Regulatory Trends and Accreditation Issues in Distance Education CCCCIO Fall 2012 Confernce. Patricia James , Dean, Library, Technology, and Distance Education, Mt. San Jacinto College James Glapa-Grossklag , Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Regulatory Trends and Accreditation Issues in
Distance EducationCCCCIO Fall 2012 Confernce
Patricia James, Dean, Library, Technology, and Distance Education, Mt. San Jacinto College
James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and DistanceLearning, College of the Canyons
We gratefully acknowledge collaboration on an earlier version of this presentation with:Andrea Henne, Dean, Online and Distributed Learning, San Diego Community College District
Stephanie Low, Vice President, Academic Affairs and Accreditation, Hartnell College
Handout: http://my.msjc.edu/web/handout2.pdf
In CCCs, distance learning continues to grow:•2005-06: 12.48% of total headcount (unduplicated)•2009-10: 23.54% of total headcount (unduplicated)In US, over 6 million students took at least one online class last year.•Institutions indicating ‘‘Online education is critical to the long-term strategy of my institution’’ reached its highest level in 2011 (65.5%).
Session Outline:
I. Recent external regulatory demands A. Student authentication B. Last date of attendance / Title IVC. State approval
II. Lack of clarity and consensus
A. Categorizing distance educationB. DE or CE?
III. What works and what doesn’tA. Effective practicesB. Main Resources
Student Authentication
Academic Integrity and Authentication
HEOA requires accreditors to require institutions “to have processes through which the institution establishes that the student who registers in a distance education course or program is the same student who participates in and completes the program and receives the academic credit.”
(emphasis added)
Examples of Processes and Practices
1) College LMS2) Proctored assessment3) LMS log-in statement4) Academic integrity in DE training5) Plagiarism detection software
Why is it important to us???
What the ACCJC is looking for
Institutions must use:a) secure log-in and password, OR proctored examinations, ORb) and/or new or other technologies c) and/or practices that are developed and effective in verifying each student’s identification
Last date of attendance /
Title IV
By Knterox
Who is attending class?
Online attendance=
Academically related activity
State Approval
By Sailormoms
Categorizing Distance Education…or is it Distance Learning?
By djc114
State Definition• “Distance education means instruction in
which the instructor and student are separated by distance and interact through the assistance of communication technology.”
• Same course-quality standards• Regular, effective contact• Separate curricular review• Federal definition not much different
DE or CE?
Regular Substantive (Effective)
Instructor to Student Contact
Correspondence Education
• Instructional material provided by mail or electronic transmission (including examinations) to students who are separated from the instructor
• Limited interaction between student and instructor and primarily initiated by students
• A course that is typically self-paced34 C.F.R. § 602.3 (Definitions)
So What?
“We concluded the College was not eligible to participate in [federal financial aid] because 50% or more of its students were enrolled in correspondence courses… We recommend… require the college to return to the U.S. Department of Education the $42,362,291 in Title IV funds disbursed…”
Final Title IV Audit Report, Executive Summary
What works and what doesn’t
http://tinyurl.com/accjcDE
ACCJC Web Seminar: DE on the Front Burner: New Regulations, New Challenges and Accreditation
Spring 2012
http://www.onefortraining.org/coordinatorsDE Coordinators’ Web Seminar Meetings
Main Resources
• DE Coordinator• @ONE• Online Teaching Conference• Distance Education Captioning and
Transcription grant• DE webinars• ACCJC DE webinar
Patricia James, Dean, Library and Technology, Mt. San Jacinto College: [email protected] James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean, Educational Technology,Learning Resources, and Distance Learning, College of the Canyons: [email protected]