Online Learning. A. For the purposes of this contract, online learning courses (OLCs) shall refer to any course whose content is transmitted to students at remote sites through modes that rely on asynchronous or synchronous interaction between students and faculty members. B. The College agrees that all decisions regarding OLCs will be based primarily on what enhances student learning and access. The College recognizes that learner- centered education provides for interactivity between student and teacher and among the students themselves. C. No full-time faculty member will be displaced because of online learning, as long as workload in credit courses is available in traditional modes. If such workload is not available in the faculty’s assigned discipline, such faculty may invoke the retraining or displacement provisions as set forth in Article XXII. 1. Courses traditionally taught by full-time faculty members, or courses they are capable of teaching which lie within the curricular purviews of BCCC course offerings, will not be awarded to other institutions for transmission into the campus by electronic means. 2. Courses outside the capabilities of full-time faculty members, such as prepackaged courses or courses available through membership in educational consortia, must be approved by the parent department and the appropriate Committees before they can be included in the Catalog or incorporated into a Program of Study. This provision does not apply to experimental courses. D. OLCs shall not differ from comparable campus-based courses with regard to departmentally approved expectations and requirements. 1. OLCs shall follow the same syllabus as comparable campus-based courses. 2. In OLCs that employ online interactive technologies, full-time faculty members shall be able to conduct a proportionate part of their office hours via appropriate interactive electronic means or equivalent one-on-one alternative, during specific posted time periods when faculty will commit to availability. However, all full-time faculty will meet the full complement of office hours face-to-face during returning student advising and registration periods. 3. Prepackaged online and/or video-based courses may not be used to replace direct faculty involvement in the design and transmission of the subject matter of the course. 4. Faculty shall be compensated for OLCs identically to campus-based courses. Faculty may be compensated appropriately for OLC development as determined by the Assistant Academic ▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. Such compensation shall be agreed upon prior to the course development. 5. To ensure that online courses are at the same level of readiness as face-to- face courses, effective Fall 2012 faculty teaching online classes shall review each other’s course spaces to make sure that they are adequately prepared for the first week of the semester. Each faculty member’s space(s) will be subject to such review every third year of her/his online teaching. Each year, one third of the faculty teaching online will be reviewed. a. The College and the Federation agree on a checklist to define adequate preparation, which said checklist is attached in Appendix D. b. As soon as online course assignments come out, the Office of Online Learning will send to the Federation a list of faculty up for such review in each department. c. The Federation will randomly assign peer reviewers to faculty in each department to examine course spaces. Reviewers will be members of the same department and members of same cohort up for review; they will have 6 semesters of recent online teaching experience; or 3 semesters of recent online teaching experience and successful completion of OL101; or comparable experience approved by the department Assistant Academic ▇▇▇▇ or immediate supervisor. Department Assistant Academic ▇▇▇▇ or immediate supervisor will be notified of the reviewer assignments. d. Before the week preceding the beginning of classes, those faculty members will visit course spaces, checking the setup against the yes/no checklist in Appendix C. e. If the space meets the requirements, the reviewing faculty member will send an email to the instructor, the Department Assistant Academic ▇▇▇▇ or immediate supervisor, and the Office of Online Learning so certifying. f. If it does not meet the requirements, the reviewing faculty member will notify the instructor in question of what areas of the space need further work. The instructor will have the observing faculty member revisit the space within five days to assure that it is now adequately prepared; i. if it is, the reviewer will email the instructor, the Department Assistant Academic ▇▇▇▇ or immediate supervisor, and the Office of Online Learning as in e., above; ii. if it is not, the reviewer will give the instructor a non- disciplinary referral to an instructional designer or departmental learning management system mentor, or other qualified designee for assistance with setting up the space and will notify the Department Assistant Academic ▇▇▇▇ or immediate supervisor. E. Participation by members of the bargaining unit in OLCs, whether as part of regular teaching load or as overload, will be strictly voluntary. The decision by a member of the bargaining unit not to participate will not be used in any evaluative manner. F. Faculty who develop material for OLCs, including but not limited to electronically posted notes, lectures, audio- or videotaped presentations, broadcasts, or multi-media or inter-active software, shall retain all rights to and control of such material, unless the faculty member received program development money, load credit equivalent (LCE), or paid leave to do so, in which case the College shall retain rights to and control of such material. Course syllabi remain the exclusive property of the College. Faculty may request up to three online courses. For full-time faculty, at least one section of a faculty member’s load must be face-to-face (i.e., meeting online no more than ten percent [10%] of the time). Additional online sections beyond that must be overload assignments. G. Issues of privacy require that access to restricted discussion postings and e-mail correspondence be safeguarded to the greatest extent possible against piracy or unwarranted intrusion. H. If there is no history of successful online teaching at Bucks or at other institutions, faculty members who request an online course must enroll in and successfully complete OL101 as a condition precedent to teaching online courses.
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Online Learning. A. For the purposes of this contract, online learning courses (OLCs) shall refer to any course whose content is transmitted to students at remote sites through modes that rely on asynchronous or synchronous interaction between students and faculty members.
B. The College agrees that all decisions regarding OLCs will be based primarily on what enhances student learning and access. The College recognizes that learner- learner-centered education provides for interactivity between student and teacher and among the students themselves.
C. No full-time faculty member will be displaced because of online learning, as long as workload in credit courses is available in traditional modes. If such workload is not available in the faculty’s assigned discipline, such faculty may invoke the retraining or displacement provisions as set forth in Article XXII.
1. Courses traditionally taught by full-time faculty members, or courses they are capable of teaching which lie within the curricular purviews of BCCC course offerings, will not be awarded to other institutions for transmission into the campus by electronic means.
2. Courses outside the capabilities of full-time faculty members, such as prepackaged courses or courses available through membership in educational consortia, must be approved by the parent department and the appropriate Committees before they can be included in the Catalog or incorporated into a Program of Study. This provision does not apply to experimental courses.
D. OLCs shall not differ from comparable campus-based courses with regard to departmentally approved expectations and requirements.
1. OLCs shall follow the same syllabus master course outline as comparable campus-based courses.
2. In OLCs that employ online interactive technologies, full-time faculty members shall be able to conduct a proportionate part of their office hours via appropriate interactive electronic means or equivalent one-on-one alternative, during specific posted time periods when faculty will commit to availability. HoweverIn OLCs that employ online interactive technologies, all full-time faculty will meet the full complement members shall be able to conduct a proportionate part of their office hours via appropriate interactive electronic means or equivalent one-on-one alternative, during specific posted time periods when faculty will commit to availability. Such means may include, but are not limited to, regular office hours and/or by appointment, phone, email, LMS conferencing, web conferencing, and/or other appropriate electronic means. During the formal faculty advising period for returning students, faculty may advise by the same proportionate face-to-face during returning student advising and registration periodsface/electronic methods.
3. For purposes of student identity verification, in compliance with federal law, all OLCs either will use proctored testing or utilize the College learning management system as an entry point. Prepackaged online and/or video-based courses may not be used to replace direct faculty involvement in the design and transmission of the subject matter of the course.
4. Faculty shall be compensated for OLCs identically to campus-based courses. Faculty may be compensated appropriately for OLC development as determined by the Assistant Academic ▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. Such compensation shall be agreed upon prior to the course development.
5. To ensure that online courses are at the same level of readiness as faceAs a trial in academic year 2017-to- face courses18, effective Fall 2012 faculty teaching online classes shall review each other’s course spaces to make sure that they are adequately prepared for the first week of time an instructor teaches an OLC that s/he has not previously taught online, if the semester. Each faculty member’s space(s) will be subject to such review every third year of her/his online teaching. Each yearcourse was not developed in OL101, one third of the faculty teaching online will be reviewed.
a. The a College and the Federation agree on a checklist to define adequate preparation, which said checklist is attached in Appendix D.
b. As soon as online course assignments come out, the Office of Online Learning will send to the Federation a list of faculty up for such review in each department.
c. The Federation will randomly assign peer reviewers to faculty in each department to examine course spaces. Reviewers will be members of the same department and members of same cohort up for review; they will have 6 semesters of recent online teaching experience; or 3 semesters of recent online teaching experience and successful completion of OL101; or comparable experience approved by the department Assistant Academic ▇▇▇▇ or immediate supervisor. Department Assistant Academic ▇▇▇▇ or immediate supervisor will be notified of the reviewer assignments.
d. Before the week preceding the beginning of classes, those faculty members will visit course spaces, checking the setup against the yes/no checklist in Appendix C.
e. If the space meets the requirements, the reviewing faculty member will send an email to the instructor, the Department Assistant Academic ▇▇▇▇ or immediate supervisor, and the Office of Online Learning so certifying.
f. If it does not meet the requirements, the reviewing faculty member will notify the instructor in question of what areas of the space need further work. The instructor will have the observing faculty member revisit the space within five days to assure that it is now adequately prepared;
i. if it is, the reviewer will email the instructor, the Department Assistant Academic ▇▇▇▇ or immediate supervisor, and the Office of Online Learning as in e., above;
ii. if it is not, the reviewer will give the instructor a non- disciplinary referral to an instructional designer or departmental learning management system mentor, or other qualified designee will review the OLC for assistance with setting up quality assurance in course design following the space and will notify the Department Assistant Academic ▇▇▇▇ or immediate supervisor.
E. Participation by members of the bargaining unit procedure described in OLCs, whether as part of regular teaching load or as overload, will be strictly voluntary. The decision by a member of the bargaining unit not to participate will not be used in any evaluative manner.
F. Faculty who develop material for OLCs, including but not limited to electronically posted notes, lectures, audio- or videotaped presentations, broadcasts, or multi-media or inter-active software, shall retain all rights to and control of such material, unless the faculty member received program development money, load credit equivalent (LCE), or paid leave to do so, in which case the College shall retain rights to and control of such material. Course syllabi remain the exclusive property of the College. Faculty may request up to three online courses. For full-time faculty, at least one section of a faculty member’s load must be face-to-face (i.e., meeting online no more than ten percent [10%] of the time). Additional online sections beyond that must be overload assignments.
G. Issues of privacy require that access to restricted discussion postings and e-mail correspondence be safeguarded to the greatest extent possible against piracy or unwarranted intrusion.
H. If there is no history of successful online teaching at Bucks or at other institutions, faculty members who request an online course must enroll in and successfully complete OL101 as a condition precedent to teaching online courses.IV.D.
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Online Learning. A. For the purposes of this contract, online learning courses (OLCs) shall refer to any course whose content is transmitted to students at remote sites through modes that rely on asynchronous or synchronous interaction between students and faculty members.
B. The College agrees that all decisions regarding OLCs will be based primarily on what enhances student learning and access. The College recognizes that learner- centered education provides for interactivity between student and teacher and among the students themselves.
C. No full-time faculty member will be displaced because of online learning, as long as workload in credit courses is available in traditional modes. If such workload is not available in the faculty’s assigned discipline, such faculty may invoke the retraining or displacement provisions as set forth in Article XXII.
1. Courses traditionally taught by full-time faculty members, or courses they are capable of teaching which lie within the curricular purviews of BCCC course offerings, will not be awarded to other institutions for transmission into the campus by electronic means.
2. Courses outside the capabilities of full-time faculty members, such as prepackaged courses or courses available through membership in educational consortia, must be approved by the parent department and the appropriate Committees before they can be included in the Catalog or incorporated into a Program of Study. This provision does not apply to experimental courses.
D. OLCs shall not differ from comparable campus-based courses with regard to departmentally approved expectations and requirements.
1. OLCs shall follow the same syllabus master course outline as comparable campus-campus- based courses.
2. In OLCs that employ online interactive technologies, full-time faculty members shall be able to conduct a proportionate part of their office hours via appropriate interactive electronic means or equivalent one-on-one alternative, during specific posted time periods when faculty will commit to availability. However, all full-time faculty will meet the full complement of office hours face-to-face during returning student advising and registration periods.
3. Prepackaged online and/or video-based courses may not be used to replace direct faculty involvement in the design and transmission of the subject matter of the course.
4. Faculty shall be compensated for OLCs identically to campus-based courses. Faculty may be compensated appropriately for OLC development as determined by the Assistant Academic ▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. Such compensation shall be agreed upon prior to the course development.
5. To ensure that online courses are at the same level of readiness as face-to- face courses, effective Fall 2012 faculty teaching online classes shall review each other’s course spaces to make sure that they are adequately prepared for the first week of the semester. Each faculty member’s space(s) will be subject to such review every third year of her/his online teaching. Each year, one third of the faculty teaching online will be reviewed.
a. The College and the Federation agree on a checklist to define adequate preparation, which said checklist is attached in Appendix D.D
b. As soon as online course assignments come out, the Office of Online Learning will send to the Federation a list of faculty up for such review in each department.
c. The Federation will randomly assign peer reviewers to faculty in each department to examine course spaces. Reviewers will be members of the same department and members of same cohort up for review; they will have 6 semesters of recent online teaching experience; or 3 semesters of recent online teaching experience and successful completion of OL101; or comparable experience approved by the department Assistant Academic ▇▇▇▇ or immediate supervisor. Department Assistant Academic ▇▇▇▇ or immediate supervisor will be notified of the reviewer assignments.
d. Before the week preceding the beginning of classes, those faculty members will visit course spaces, checking the setup against the yes/no checklist in Appendix C.D.
e. If the space meets the requirements, the reviewing faculty member will send an email to the instructor, the Department Assistant Academic ▇▇▇▇ or immediate supervisor, and the Office of Online Learning so certifying.
f. If it does not meet the requirements, the reviewing faculty member will notify the instructor in question of what areas of the space need further work. The instructor will have the observing faculty member revisit the space within five days to assure that it is now adequately prepared;
i. if it is, the reviewer will email the instructor, the Department Assistant Academic ▇▇▇▇ or immediate supervisor, and the Office of Online Learning as in e., above;
ii. if it is not, the reviewer will give the instructor a non- disciplinary referral to an instructional designer or departmental learning management system mentor, or other qualified designee for assistance with setting up the space and will notify the Department Assistant Academic ▇▇▇▇ or immediate supervisor.
E. Participation by members of the bargaining unit in OLCs, whether as part of regular teaching load or as overload, will be strictly voluntary. The decision by a member of the bargaining unit not to participate will not be used in any evaluative manner.
F. Faculty who develop material for OLCs, including but not limited to electronically posted notes, lectures, audio- or videotaped presentations, broadcasts, or multi-media or inter-active software, shall retain all rights to and control of such material, unless the faculty member received program development money, load credit equivalent (LCE), or paid leave to do so, in which case the College shall retain rights to and control of such material. Course syllabi Master course outlines remain the exclusive property of the College. Faculty may request up to three online courses. For full-time faculty, at least one section of a faculty member’s load must be face-to-face (i.e., meeting online no more than ten percent [10%] of the time). Additional online sections beyond that must be overload assignments.
G. Issues of privacy require that access to restricted discussion postings and e-mail correspondence be safeguarded to the greatest extent possible against piracy or unwarranted intrusion.
H. If there is no history of successful online teaching at Bucks or at other institutions, faculty members who request an online course must enroll in and successfully complete OL101 as a condition precedent to teaching online courses.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement