Both management and the AFT recognize that class size limits for televised courses cannot be a simple function of the number of sites available. In some instances quality may be maintained with unrestricted enrollment at all available sites. In other instances, enrollment limits may actually need to be lower than would be the case in a traditional classroom setting. Decisions regarding class size limits will require approval of the College Chair in consultation with the faculty member teaching the course. The difficulty of course preparation, control and management increases as the level of technology, number of students and number of sites increases.
Secretarial support is extremely important.
Collect all documents to be returned to the faculty member. Provide monitors at remote sites during in class tests or quizzes as requested by the faculty member. Technical support is equally important. The faculty member will be responsible for using available appropriate technology needed to make a presentation equivalent in quality to a presentation in a traditional classroom setting. A technical expert will be available to assist the faculty member with difficult technological problems or new technologies.