Committee on Online Education Bylaws
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Objectives
- To ensure that university online education is consistent with the needs and mission of Western Connecticut State University.
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Responsibilities and Powers
- To Identify the needs of faculty concerning effective online education, specifically in relation to pedagogical and technological knowledge, skills and training.
- To review available technology and services for effective online education, course design, and delivery and make recommendations to the University Senate.
- To determine need for and types of administrative support for effective online education and make recommendations to the University Senate.
- To review issues of governance where online education is concerned and to make recommendations to the University Senate.
- To make recommendations to the University Senate about university online education strategy.
- To establish ad hoc or standing subcommittees as needed.
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Membership
Members:
1
Academic Dean (Ex officio/Appointed by VPAA annually) 1
Information Technology & Innovation (Ex Officio/Appointed by Chief Information Officer) 1
Instructional Designer (Ex Officio/Appointed by the Director of Library Services) 1
Director, AccessAbility Services (or representative appointed by the Director) 7
Teaching Faculty (2 at large, 1 from each school and 1 librarian): Elected by Teaching Faculty, overlapping for three-year terms 1
Administrative Faculty (Elected by Administrative Faculty for three year term) 12 Total – All members are voting members including the chairperson
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Conduct of Business
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- Meetings
- The first meeting of each academic year shall be convened by the previous chair. In his/her absence, the President of the University Senate will designate a committee member to convene the committee.
- A quorum shall consist of six (6) members, at least four (4) of whom are elected.
- Attendance and participation for meetings may occur either when members are physically present or via audio/web conferencing or a combination of the two.
- At the first meeting of the academic year, the Committee Chair will distribute the Committee bylaws for review and discussion.
- A call to meeting accompanied by an agenda shall be presented to each member at least one week before each meeting.
- Concerned parties may attend, or be invited to attend, to discuss specific items.
- Decisions of the committee are made by majority vote of those members present.
- If all members are physically present for the meeting, voting will occur verbally. If meetings are held via audio/web conferencing, or if some members are on audio/web conferencing and others physically present, a roll call vote will be conducted. In the event a vote is required between meetings an email vote will be conducted and the motion and results of the voting will be recorded in the next meeting minutes.
- Meetings shall be held at least monthly during the regular academic year, as called by the chairperson, or in the absence of the chairperson, by a quorum of the committee.
- Officers
- The chairperson shall be elected by a majority vote at the first meeting of the academic year.
- The position of secretary shall be filled by each member in turn on an alphabetical rotating basis, unless otherwise agreed upon by the committee.
- Reports and Recommendations.
- The committee, through its chair, shall report all policy recommendations to the University Senate.
- The committee shall submit an annual report to the University Senate.
- The committee shall refer to other University-wide standing committees matters appropriate to their function.
- The committee shall refer for action to the University Senate recommendations for University policy change which is outside the responsibility of any standing committee.
- Minutes
- Minutes of all meetings shall be distributed and posted as appropriate.
- Annual report will be approved by majority vote by the committee at the end of the academic year. It will be distributed and posted as appropriate.
- Amendments
- Meetings
These Bylaws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of members present at any regularly scheduled meeting at which there is a quorum and by the approval of the University Senate and the President of the University.
Senate 4/18/2001; Admin. 5/1/2001 | Senate 2/2/2007; Admin. 5/4/07 |
Senate 11/16/2016; Admin. 1/3/2017 | Senate 9/23/2019; Admin. 9/23/2019 |
Senate 2/3/2002; Admin. 5/10/2002 |