Distance Education Committee

Functions

1. Reviews policies and guidelines, and recommends changes to support quality distance education programs.
2. Established standards of good practice for distance education course development and delivery based on SACS and THECB guidelines.
3. Assists in the analysis of evaluation for distance education student support services, and recommends changes to improve activities and outcomes.
4. Advises staff on faculty development and resources needed to design, develop and implement quality distance education courses.

Meeting Schedule and Frequency

Virtual meetings twice a semester — 1st Friday, 1 – 2:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted

Fall 2024	Spring 2024
TBA	February 2 April 5

Membership

Position	Name	Appointed By	Campus	Phone	Email
Committee Chair	Jack O’Grady			3-0237	[email protected]
Committee Co-Chair	Stephanie Long			3-4031	[email protected]
AVC, Distance Education	Erasmus Addae	Position	RRC		[email protected]
AVC, Technology Development & Education	Titon Hoque	Position	SVC		[email protected]
IT, Blackboard	Jeanette McGowan	VC, Information Technology	RGC		[email protected]
Director, Academic Technology	Matthew Evins	Position	HBC		[email protected]
LMS Analyst, Distance Learning	LaTasha Hussey	AVC, Distance Education	RRC		[email protected]
Assistant, Distance Education	Chris Davis	AVC, Distance Education	RRC		[email protected]
Library Services, Distance Education Liaison	Jorge Lopez-McKnight	Dean, Library Services	RVS		[email protected]
Specialist, Advising	Deeadra Albert-Green	VC, Student Affairs	SAC		[email protected]
Representatives of Job Functions or College Offices (1-year terms)
Instructional Dean	Lorlie Ellis	VC, Instruction	NRG	3-4114	[email protected]
Adult Education	Tamy Chapman	Executive Director, Adult Education	NRG	3-4105	[email protected]
Manager, Instructional Design	Jennifer Gray	AVC, Distance Education	HLC	3-1375	[email protected]
Student Engagement & Analytics	Mason Turpin	TBA	NRG	3-1569	[email protected]
Coordinator, Business Testing Services	TBA	VC, Student Affairs	TBA	TBA	TBA
Representatives of ACC Constituencies (1-year terms)
Full-Time Faculty Senate	TBA	Association Pres.	TBA	TBA	TBA
Full-Time Faculty Senate	Courtney Ahrenholtz	Association Pres.	CYP	3-0469	[email protected]
Full-Time Faculty Senate	Lei Ji	Association Pres.	CYP	3-2162	[email protected]
Full-Time Faculty Senate	Donna Moore	Association Pres.	EVC	3-5797	[email protected]
Full-Time Faculty Senate	Kathleen Nakasone	Association Pres.	EVC	3-5507	[email protected]
Full-Time Faculty Senate	Wajma Nasher	Association Pres.	RRC	3-0084	[email protected]
Full-Time Faculty Senate	Al Purcell	Association Pres.	RGC	3-3398	[email protected]
Full-Time Faculty Senate	Kathleen Park	Association Pres.	RRC	3-0251	[email protected]
Full-Time Faculty Senate	Sherri Lynn	Association Pres.	EVC	3-5944	[email protected]
Full-Time Faculty Senate	Larry Stephens	Association Pres.	HLC	3-7143	[email protected]
Full-Time Faculty Senate	Sarah Strong	Association Pres.	RVS	3-6260	[email protected]
Full-Time Faculty Senate	Kim Oliver	Association Pres.	CYP	3-7458	[email protected]
Adjunct Faculty Association	Angela Smith	Association Pres.	TBA	TBA	[email protected]
Adjunct Faculty Association	Herb Colemen	Association Pres.	NRG	3-1790 ext. 22162	[email protected]
Adjunct Faculty Association	Becky Villarreal	Association Pres.	CYP	3-3774	[email protected]
Adjunct Faculty Association	Lisa Marie Coppoletta	Association Pres.	EVC	3-5158	[email protected]
Adjunct Faculty Association	Paula King	Association Pres.	TBA	TBA	[email protected]
Professional-Technical Association	Rachel Barrera	Association Pres.	HBC	3-7975	[email protected]
Classified Employees Association	TBA	Association Pres.	TBA	TBA	TBA
Student Government Association	TBA	Student Government Association	TBA	TBA	TBA

Agendas and minutes
Questions? Contact Hailey Bickley, 512-223-1371, [email protected]