The Baylor College of Medicine Distance Education Committee will serve as the College’s primary recommending body on matters related to distance education – specifically, focusing on supporting excellence in distance education teaching and learning, recommending policies, procedures, and resources to support effective, innovative distance education at BCM; and support consistent and continuous commitment to improving student learning and success in the online environment.
Charge
The Distance Education Committee has the primary responsibility for the following:
- Serve as a resource for and advisor to the VP of Education Affairs in matters of policy, practice, and pedagogy regarding distance education instruction.
- Identify and recommend distance education best practices to support continuous improvement.
- Develop recommended policies, procedures, and processes related to distance learning requirements.
- Recommend, plan, and/or facilitate faculty development for faculty and administration engaged in or responsible for distance education courses.
- Work with the Office of Accreditation and Education Effectiveness to establish process(es) for adequate data collection regarding distance learning programs and courses that are comprehensive and accurate.
- Review new distance learning courses, modules, and programs and address the coordination of policies, programs, student support services,
Distance Education Committee Leadership
- Chair: Dr. Patrick Jefferson, Office of Education Affairs
- Administrator: Dr. Lizzie Babalola, Office of Education Affairs
National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements
Quality Matters
Quality Matters is an independent nonprofit organization with a peer-based approach to serving the education community across K-12, higher education and continuing and professional education.
QM aims to pursue quality assurance with an underlying principle of continuous improvement. QM’s goal is to encourage adoption and adaptation of the tools they provide, the standards and processes so they can fit the actual context in which the quality assurance needs occur for distance education. One thing to remember is that QM provides the tools that can inform larger quality assurance initiatives.
