Online Faculty Advisory Committee Minutes
September 28, 2015
Attendees:
Online Faculty Committee Members
(If you a member of the Lesley community, for a complete list, please email: heather dot webb@lesley dot edu for the membership list.)
The objective of the inaugural meeting for the year was to identify which issues the committee should address over the course of the year:
1) Monitoring of resources against new online enrollments
Summary: As enrollments grow, understanding the desired distribution of core versus adjunct faculty teaching online and allocation of teaching resources across face-to-face, blended and online assignments is critical.
Next Steps:
· Provost Office is working on producing metrics that will describe how resources should be reinvested in faculty as enrollments in programs grow for presentation at a future OFAC meeting.
2) Communication and relationship between academic advisors/success coaches & instructional faculty
Summary:
It is not always clear when there is an issue with a student what the communication protocol should be or how to contact the success coach.
Next Steps:
· Updated Standard Operating Procedures for Communication with Success Coaches will be circulated to the OFAC committee and webinar with success coaches will be scheduled to review the communication protocols.
· Communication to all teaching faculty for FA2 will come from Associate Provost (elearning & Academic Technology) that outlines how faculty can identify their students advising information in LOIS and other helpful administrative tips.
3) Use of faculty advisor/mentor assigned to individual students
Summary: The term faculty mentor is used differently at different schools. At the graduate school, it has meant a mentor to other faculty. There is interest in ensuring all students are assigned both a faculty advisor/mentor as well as academic advisor/success coach.
Next Steps:
· Work with CLAS Human Services program as pilot to identify process for adding faculty mentor/advisor to students (through collaboration with Advising Center) and to create reports that appropriately advise Program Director and Faculty Advisor/Mentor of the advisees for the program.
· Work with GSOE Ed Tech program as a pilot to identify process for adding faculty mentor/advisor to students (through collaboration with Associate Dean) and to create reports that appropriately advise Program Director and Faculty Advisor/Mentor of the advisees for the program.
4) Expanding the learning resources for online orientation to other populations
Summary:
An Online Orientation is provided to all new online students. There may be interest in expanding this orientation for other populations.
Next Steps:
· Review the online orientation at the next OFAC meeting to examine the existing materials, identify opportunities for additional information, and recommendations for other uses of the materials.
Next meeting: November 2015