Faculty Assembly Executive Council (FAEC) Meeting Minutes January 24, 2018 ASB 008 Room 10:30am to 12:30am<\/b><\/p>\n
Attendees: Roark Atkinson, Kim Lorber, Christina Connor, Kathryn Zeno, Tae Kwak, Eva Ogens, Donna Flynn (for Cristina Perez), Gladys Torres-Baumgarten<\/b><\/p>\n
Excused: Renata Gangemi, Cristina Perez<\/b><\/p>\n
Secretary:\u200b Hugh Sheehy<\/b><\/p>\n
Guest: Stephan Lally\u200b and Jaime Velazquez<\/b><\/p>\n
Meeting opened 10:30<\/span><\/p>\n A committee member noted that the current communication problems between Administration and Faculty regarding this project constitute yet another example of a failure of shared governance. A committee member stated that the Administration should operate more transparently in the interest of honoring the value of shared governance.<\/span><\/p>\n There seems to be some confusion surrounding the meaning of \u201cMid-Career Reflection.\u201d There may be some will among the Faculty to remove it from the Gen Ed.<\/span><\/p>\n FAEC votes to bring the issue to FA.<\/span><\/p>\n While it is the exclusive prerogative of the instructor, convening group, and school dean to determine the desirable format (traditional, hybrid, or online) of specific courses, the OHCR will<\/b> review and approve all new online and hybrid courses to ensure that they meet the criteria and benchmarks put forth in the Best Practices section of the Online Course Manual, revised in 2017.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Provided Michael Bitz and Stephen Anderson can prepare their presentation sufficiently in advance of January FA, it will be included on FA agenda for 1\/31. If not, the presentation will be scheduled for February.<\/span><\/p>\n A committee member raised the question of how many Ramapo faculty would make use of these sources. A committee member raised the question of how carefully vetted the OER textbooks are. A committee member noted that if the College were to subscribe, there exists an infrastructure for helping students get information about and access to the OER texts. A committee member raised the question of the limitations of OER in terms of the currency of the textbooks. A committee member noted that ITS would need to be consulted about implantation concerns. A committee member noted that costs will have to be considered; costs will need to be considered against a number of factors, including faculty buy-in, and the documented effectiveness of OER.<\/span><\/p>\n SGA has drafted a charge for a Task Force to look into the value of subscribing to OER. FAEC confirmed its support of SGA\u2019s exploration of this possibility.<\/span><\/p>\n 12:30 Meeting adjourned<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Faculty Assembly Executive Council (FAEC) Meeting Minutes January 24, 2018 ASB 008 Room 10:30am to 12:30am Attendees: Roark Atkinson, Kim Lorber, Christina Connor, Kathryn Zeno, Tae Kwak, Eva Ogens, Donna Flynn (for Cristina Perez), Gladys Torres-Baumgarten Excused: Renata Gangemi, Cristina Perez Secretary:\u200b Hugh Sheehy Guest: Stephan Lally\u200b and Jaime Velazquez Meeting opened 10:30 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Minutes approved […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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