Video Online Seminar • Wednesday, August 11, 2010 • 1:00 - 2:00 PM CDT
$279 - Register today and save! (Price increases to $304 after 8/04/10)
Nearly all colleges and universities now offer at least some courses in a distance education format. While these delivery methods have expanded rapidly, faculty attitudes towards teaching online have not always kept pace. Older faculty members may be resistant to eLearning, but even newer faculty members may be surprised when they are asked to teach an online course. If your faculty contracts and negotiated agreements do not yet include language covering distance education expectations, here is your opportunity to correct this oversight.To provide clarity for all parties, institutions need to incorporate distance education-specific terms in their collective bargaining agreements and in their institutional policies. In Setting Distance Ed Expectations in Faculty Contracts, experienced educator and attorney Dr. Stephanie Delaney will show participants how to review existing contracts and policies against a detailed checklist and make recommended improvements. This workshop will explain how to avoid misunderstandings, faculty disputes, and hard feelings and ensure that all major distance education issues are covered.
In this Video Online Seminar, you will learn:
• How to identify gaps in contracts and policies
• Where to find common ground between faculty and administration on key issues
• The language other institutions use in actual contracts
• Results of a nationwide study of collective bargaining agreements
• Suggested wording on compensation, intellectual property rights, definitions of distance education, and faculty load
• How to improve clarity by using Policy Analysis Frameworks
• Ways to adapt policies and contracts to your unique institutional culture
• How to prepare for upcoming contract negotiations
• Collective bargaining implications of distance education
Attendees will also have the opportunity to respond to survey questions regarding their college policies and contract terms.
Who should attend:
This seminar is important viewing for distance education administrators and campus legal representatives, including:
• Presidents
• Deans
• Provosts
• Academic Administrators
• Department Chairs
• Campus Legal Affairs
• Vice Presidents of Instruction
• Faculty Union Representatives
• Distance and Online Learning Directors
This seminar is particularly important for institutions facing upcoming contract negotiations.
Cost
The cost to attend this live, 60-minute video online seminar is $279. You may include multiple participants at a single log-in site for no additional charge. When you consider the incidental costs associated with traveling to an off-campus location for similar training (lodging, meals, transportation), this is a considerable value!
Your presenter
http://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniedelaney
Dr. Stephanie Delaney is an experienced community college educator, an attorney and an author. She is currently the Director of eLearning at Cascadia Community College, where she supports faculty in distance education pedagogy. She has taught law and environment courses for over ten years. She earned her PhD in Educational Leadership in Higher Education/Distance Education at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and she also holds a law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law.
Bring questions
Have a specific question about contract language and distance education expectations at your school? Bring it to this live session for the opportunity to pose it to our expert presenter. If you are concerned about faculty “buy in” regarding distance education programming at your institution, then this Video Online Seminar is for you. Reserve your seat today.
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