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Distance Education Council

Function

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.

Membership

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:

  • One representative from each academic department that offers distance education courses (voting members). Department representatives will be selected by the Chair of the Department and must have taught distance education courses for at least two semesters during the last two years preceding their appointment.
  • One representative from the McCurtain County campus (voting member) selected by the Director of the McCurtain County Campus.
  • One IETV representative (voting member) selected by the Director of Telecommunications and IETV.
  • One representative from the Center for Instructional Development and Technology (CIDT) will be a non-voting member selected by the Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs.
  • One representative from the library will be a non-voting member selected by the Director of the Library. One representative from the graduate faculty (voting member) will be selected by the Graduate Council.
  • One student representative (non-voting member) will be appointed by the Distance Education Council. The student must have completed at least one distance education course and hold junior/senior standing.
  • The Vice President of Academic Affairs and the Executive Director/CIO, who will both serve as non-voting ex officio members.

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.

DEC Membership

Name Email Department Term
Kate Shannon kshannon@se.edu EIL (Stewart Mayers) Fall 2022 – Spring 2025
Brian Howells bhowells@se.edu Kinesiology (Kay Daigle) Fall 2022 – Spring 2025
Karl Frinkle kfrinkle@se.edu Math (Charles Matthews) Fall 2022 – Spring 2025
Nick Nichols nnichols@se.edu Safety (Chris Bradshaw) Fall 2022 – Spring 2025
Conner Alford calford@se.edu Social Sciences (Glen Melancon) Fall 2022 – Spring 2025
Janet Barker jbarker@se.edu EHL (Rolando Diaz) Fall 2021 – Spring 2024
Angela Anderson ananderson@se.edu Aviation (Stan Alluisi) Fall 2021 – Spring 2024
Dena Rymel drymel@se.edu Chem/Phy Sci / CIS (Tim Smith) Fall 2021 – Spring 2024
Josie Mendenall jmendenall@se.edu Biology (Diane Dixon) Fall 2021 – Spring 2024
Hallie Stephens hstephens@se.edu Behavioral Sciences (Jennifer Hicks) Fall 2021 – Spring 2024
Luci Parmer lparmer@se.edu Business (Kitty Campbell) Fall 2021 – Spring 2024
Aaron Adair aadair@se.edu Communication (Shannon McCraw) Fall 2021 – Spring 2024
Sheerin Hosseini shosseini@se.edu Music (Michael Scheuerman) Fall 2021 – Spring 2024
Carol Sullivan csullivan@se.edu Finance (Rhonda Richards) Fall 2022 – Spring 2025
Mike Davis mdavis@se.edu SIDE (Christala Smith) Fall 2021 – Spring 2024
Kay Daigle kdaigle@se.edu Graduate Council (Jeremy Blackwood) Spring 2022 – Spring 2025
Kelly Gamble kgamble@se.edu Distance Site Representative (Kendra Gross) Fall 2021 – Spring 2024
Jayanna Greenwood jgreenwood@se.edu Library (Sandra Thomas)
Austin Harman aharman@se.edu IT (Austin Harman) Ex Officio
Jeremy Blackwood jblackwood@se.edu Academic Affairs (Teresa Golden) Ex Officio
Christala Smith clsmith@se.edu Chair (Christala Smith) Ex Officio
Alisha Ridenour aridenour@se.edu CIDT (Christala Smith) Ex Officio
Sarah Ingram singram65@student.se.edu Student (Liz McCraw) Fall 2021 – Spring 2021