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The function of the Distance Education Council (DEC) will be to provide leadership in evaluating, reviewing, assessing, and developing the distance education philosophy and curriculum. Any recommendation by the DEC concerning philosophies and policies of online learning will be submitted to the Academic Council. The DEC will work with the appropriate academic departments and/or administrative offices to ensure the continuation, assessment, quality, and evolution of the distance education program. The DEC will review the results of distance education assessment to determine if any modifications need to be made in the distance education philosophy and curriculum and make recommendations, if necessary, to the appropriate departments/faculty. The DEC will work with faculty and administration in determining and recommending which technology and training is necessary to implement and maintain courses and programs that will be delivered via distance education.
The Director of the Center for Instructional Development and Technology will serve as the chairperson of the Distance Education Council (DEC) and will be a non-voting member of the DEC. The composition of membership is:
All representatives, with the exception of the student representative, will serve three-year staggered terms; the student representative will serve one year. All representatives may be reappointed to the DEC when their term expires. Appointments will be made as necessary to fill vacancies using the protocols listed above.
Department/Role |
Member |
Contact |
Aviation (non-voting) | Jake Durham | jdurham@se.edu |
Academic Affairs (non-voting) | Tim Boatmun | tboatmun@se.edu |
BIOL (voting) | Josie Mendenall | jmendenall@se.edu |
BS (voting) | Hallie Stephens | hstephens@se.edu |
BUS (voting) | Robert Howard | rhoward@se.edu |
CIS (voting) | Lie Qian | lqian@se.edu |
CIDT (Chair) (non-voting) | Christala Smith | clsmith@se.edu |
COMM (voting) | Shannon McCraw | smccraw@se.edu |
EHL (voting) | Janet Barker | jbarker@se.edu |
EIL (voting) | Kate Shannon | kshannon@se.edu |
FIN (voting) | Ying Lin | ylin@se.edu |
Graduate Council (voting) | Jerry Stout | jstout@se.edu |
KIN (voting) | Mike Reed | mreed@se.edu |
Idabel (voting) | Laura Atchley | Latchley@se.edu |
IETV (voting) | William Fridley | wfridley@se.edu |
IT (non-voting) | Marti Phiilips | Mphillips@se.edu |
Library (non-voting) | Sandra Thomas | sthomas@se.edu |
MATH (voting) | Karl Frinkle | kfrinkle@se.edu |
MUS (voting) | Jeri Walker | jwalker@se.edu |
SFTY (voting) | Nick Nichols | nnichols@se.edu |
POSC (voting) | Conner Alford | calford@se.edu |
Student (non-voting) | Madison Bragg | sw_Mbragg@se.edu |