Keva Miller was introduced as a graduate student doing an independent study for Sorg to perform research for the Learner Support committee over the summer. The question of whether courses taken through distance learning are reflected on transcripts was raised, but the answer was not definitely known. Rusty said that a survey was being done to find out the hardware and software capabilities of the six community colleges to determine what the lowest common denominator is. This raised the question of equity issues among colleges within the entire state.
Some community colleges have very limited budgets to spend on technology.
Lytle said he would get with Morse to talk about setting objectives for the committee. Ad Hoc Committee on Distance Education. This Council is concurrently addressing similar issues. See attached document. After discussion, it was determined that the committee needed further information on articulation, matriculation, equity issues, accreditation, equipment and ideas for creating cultural change to ensure successful implementation of broad-scale distance learning delivery.