Common use of Online and Interactive Distance Learning Courses Clause in Contracts

Online and Interactive Distance Learning Courses. Faculty members who are assigned to teach online courses and interactive distance learning courses, for the first time, will be provided notification as soon as possible but no later than August 1 for fall semester and December 15 for spring semester unless exceptional circumstances exist that prevent meeting these deadlines, as well as, prior training in the operation of the technical equipment to be used for such courses. Resources such as hardware and software necessary to design and deliver the course will be provided to faculty members. Technical and pedagogical assistance in the preparation of materials for interactive distance learning and online courses will be provided. Logistical support will be provided for distribution of instructional materials and testing at each remote site for interactive distance learning courses. Faculty teaching via interactive distance learning will receive incentive pay for a three (3) credit hour course at the rate of $250 per remote site. The number of remote sites shall be limited to no more than three per course. Any exception to this limit must be approved by the appropriate Xxxx in consultation with the faculty member. Incentive pay for interactive distance learning courses which are either less than or more than three (3) credit hours will be in proportion to this rate. Online course enrollments will be capped at thirty (30) students per course. If the course enrollment exceeds thirty (30) students, the faculty teaching the course will receive the equivalent of two-thirds (2/3) in-state tuition per student above the enrollment cap. For the purpose of this Agreement, an online course is defined as one where seventy-five percent (75%) or more of the instruction is delivered via internet. No video/audio tapes of distance learning classes shall be used after completion of the semester without the faculty member’s approval, which shall not unreasonably be withheld. Online and interactive distance learning courses taught will be treated as are all other courses with regard to load and evaluation, except that evaluation strategies and instruments will recognize the non-traditional character of such courses. Any new online course or distance learning course offered shall first follow customary approval procedures established by the College, which shall include initial approval for the development of such course by the appropriate Xxxx. No approved Internet course designed and created by a faculty member without compensation may be conducted by any other person without the consent of the faculty member who created the course, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If the faculty member gives consent, the faculty member and institution will enter into a compensation contract. Courses developed at the request of the College, as defined by the purchase agreement and for which the faculty member receives additional compensation, are considered a work for hire and the property of the college and does not require the consent of the faculty member to reassign the teaching of the course to another faculty member.

Online and Interactive Distance Learning Courses. Faculty members who are assigned to teach online courses and interactive distance learning courses, for the first time, will be provided notification as soon as possible but no later than August 1 for fall semester and December 15 for spring semester unless exceptional circumstances exist that prevent meeting these deadlines, as well as, prior training in the operation of the technical equipment to be used for such courses. Resources such as hardware and software necessary to design and deliver the course will be provided to faculty members. Technical and pedagogical assistance in the preparation of materials for interactive distance learning and online courses will be provided. Logistical support will be provided for distribution of instructional materials and testing at each remote site for interactive distance learning courses. Faculty teaching via interactive distance learning will receive incentive pay for a three (3) credit hour course at the rate of $250 per remote site. The number of remote sites shall be limited to no more than three per course. Any exception to this limit must be approved by the appropriate Xxxx in consultation with the faculty member. Incentive pay for interactive distance learning courses which are either less than or more than three (3) credit hours will be in proportion to this rate. Online course enrollments will be capped at thirty (30) students per course. If the course enrollment exceeds thirty (30) students, the faculty teaching the course will receive the equivalent of two-thirds (2/3) in-state tuition per student above the enrollment cap. For the purpose of this Agreement, an online course is defined as one where seventy-five percent (75%) or more of the instruction is delivered via internet. No video/audio tapes of distance learning classes shall be used after completion of the semester without the faculty member’s approval, which shall not unreasonably be withheld. Online and interactive distance learning courses taught will be treated as are all other courses with regard to load and evaluation, except that evaluation strategies and instruments will recognize the non-traditional character of such courses. Any new online course or distance learning course offered shall first follow customary approval procedures established by the College, which shall include initial approval for the development of such course by the appropriate Xxxx. No approved Internet course designed and created by a faculty member without compensation may be conducted by any other person without the consent of the faculty member who created the course, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If the faculty member gives consent, the faculty member and institution will enter into a compensation contract. Courses developed at the request of the College, as defined by the purchase agreement and for which the faculty member receives additional compensation, are considered a work for hire and the property of the college and does not require the consent of the faculty member to reassign the teaching of the course to another faculty member.