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Regulatory Trends and Accreditation Issues in Distance Education CCCCIO Fall 2012 Confernce

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

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Regulatory Trends and Accreditation Issues in Distance Education CCCCIO Fall 2012 Confernce

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  1. 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 • Learning, 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

  2. 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%).

  3. Session Outline: I. Recent external regulatory demands A. Student authentication B. Last date of attendance / Title IV C. State approval II. Lack of clarity and consensus A. Categorizing distance education B. DE or CE? III. What works and what doesn’t A. Effective practices B. Main Resources

  4. Student Authentication

  5. 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)

  6. Examples of Processes and Practices 1) College LMS 2) Proctored assessment 3) LMS log-in statement 4) Academic integrity in DE training 5) Plagiarism detection software Why is it important to us???

  7. What the ACCJC is looking for Institutions must use: a) secure log-in and password, OR proctored examinations, OR b) and/or new or other technologies c) and/or practices that are developed and effective in verifying each student’s identification

  8. Last date of attendance / Title IV By Knterox

  9. Who is attending class?

  10. Online attendance = Academically related activity

  11. State Approval By Sailormoms

  12. Categorizing Distance Education…or is it Distance Learning? By djc114

  13. 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

  14. DE or CE? Regular Substantive (Effective) Instructor to Student Contact

  15. 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-paced 34 C.F.R. § 602.3 (Definitions)

  16. 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

  17. What works and what doesn’t

  18. ACCJC Web Seminar: • DE on the Front Burner: New Regulations, New Challenges and Accreditation • Spring 2012 http://tinyurl.com/accjcDE DE Coordinators’ Web Seminar Meetings http://www.onefortraining.org/coordinators

  19. Main Resources • DE Coordinator • @ONE • Online Teaching Conference • Distance Education Captioning and Transcription grant • DE webinars • ACCJC DE webinar

  20. Patricia James, Dean, Library and Technology, Mt. San Jacinto College: pjames@msjc.edu James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning, College of the Canyons: james.glapa-grossklag@canyons.edu

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