Distance Learning Advisory Board


Purpose

The purpose of the Distance Learning (DL) Advisory Board is to provide a mechanism for crafting the distance learning policies and standards of Western Illinois University.

Members

The DL Advisory Board consists of a representative of each academic college and other members of the Western Illinois University community that help support the distance learning program. The current list of members includes:

 

  • Mandeep Singh (Director of the Center for Innovations in Teaching and Research)
  • Roger L. Runquist (Coordinator of Distance Education)
  • Mike Dickson (Director of Special Projects, President's Office)
  • Mike Romano (Biological Sciences, UPI Representative)
  • Chuck Malone (University Library)
  • Sharon Evans (College of Fine Arts and Communications)
  • Lloyd Kilmer (QC Representative)
  • Angela Lynn (Academic Resource Management)
  • James Schmidt (Assoc. Dean, College of Arts & Sciences)
  • Xiang Yi (College of Business and Technology)
  • Robert Marshall (College of Education and Human Services)
  • Richard Chamberlain (CAIT)
  • Leaunda Hemphill (Ex- officio)
  • Richard Carter (Ex- officio)

 

Provost Charge

In the short term Dr. Singh and the Board have been given four specific priorities:

  1. To identify the courses (40 credit hours) needed to complete the ‘online’ BOT degree, provide funding and training support to migrate paper based courses on line, and manage all scheduling in close cooperation with the academic leadership of the BOT. Identification and development of new online courses will also fall within the responsibility of the Board.
  2. To coordinate the technical and training support required for our many ‘blended’ online activities. An example of this support is the upgrade of all CODEC systems between Macomb and the Quad Cities, to be completed by Spring 2007.
  3. To develop initial measures for assessing the ‘quality’ of an online course to insure that the institution’s online programming has a shared set of expectations.
  4. To review our current ability to possibly expand distance learning given our ability to compete in the highly competitive distance environment.