Distance Education and Instructional Technology
Committee Newsletter
September 2024
Welcome New DEITC Members!
The first DEITC meeting took place this past Monday, September 30th. New members were welcomed.
Graciela Briseño
Instructional Designer II
Dr. Kim Won
Faculty Senate Appointee
Seong Kwan Cho,
Faculty Senate Appointee
Elizabeth Vasquez,
VPSE Appointee
Ms. Veronica Juarez,
University College
Jessica Verastigui,
Institutional Assessment
Purpose and Goals of DEITC
Purpose Statement:
The purpose of the Distance Education and Instructional Technology Committee (DEITC) is to serve as an advisory body to the Provost & VP for Academic Affairs and Associate VP of Finance & Administration on matters related to the quality of online and hybrid courses, instructional technologies, and learning opportunities for faculty.
Goals
- Goal 1: Create, support, and enhance the instructional technology activities of the TAMIU community.
- Goal 2: Increase learning opportunities in instructional technologies for faculty and students.
- Goal 3: Continue to implement and expand the Quality Matters standards in all newly-developed online and hybrid courses.
- Goal 4: Maintain and expand collaborative service efforts with regional school districts and institutions of higher education.
- Goal 5: Promote, recognize, and reward excellence among faculty integrating technology.
Congratulations to Our Recent QM Course Certifications!
COAS
Dr. Melody Carriere
ITAL 1312
August 19, 2024
COE
Dr. Won Kim
EDSE 5350
July 15, 2024
New eLearning Website
We are excited to announce the eLearning website has a new look! Faculty can navigate the new faculty support page & see the resources available to them. All DEITC information and past newsletters are also available in Blackboard Ultra under the organizations page on the new website.
UPDates
Updates on Blackboard Deployment
The Blackboard Ultra full deployment took effect Summer 2024. The eLearning team continues to provide Blackboard Ultra trainings to faculty. Register for a Blackboard Ultra workshop today through the OIT Trainings website.
Below is breakdown of the workshop attendees by college and by workshop topic.
Blackboard Ultra Professor Testimonies
The TAMIU faculty and students have responded well to the Ultra transition. To highlight the positive Ultra experience, the eLearning team has gotten faculty together for a series of testimonials. This video series will be displayed on our eLearning website, LinkedIn & on our social media pages.
Please watch Dr. Hayley Kazen’s Ultra experience testimonial!
OER Updates from the Library
William Crowell mentioned that the library will be hosting a Fall 2024 Learning Series which will be available to all faculty. If you are interested in registering for future sessions, please reach out to Joanna@iskme.org. Please see below for upcoming dates:
- OER Adoption- Thursday, October 3, 2-2:30pm.
- OER Creation- Thursday October 17, 2:3:30pm.
The OER mini-grant funds are still available. The grant will be closing in Summer 2025
- OER adoption funding- $2000
- OER adapting funding- $3000
- OER Create/Authoring funding- $5000
Visit https://oer.tamiu.edu/grants.php for more information.
Some TAMIU faculty members attended the Open Texas Online Conference 2024 from September 25-27, 2024. The details of the conference will be posted here https://www.opentexas.org/open-texas-2024 for future reference. More information on OERs https://oertx.highered.texas.gov/.
Open Texas OER Fellowship - Dr. Joan Wakasa Murumba was a successful applicant among the ten (10) OER founding fellows/mentees for Cohort 1 2024-2025. The fellowship kicked off on 9/25/24 and will be ending in June 2025 with a capstone OER project. Knowledge gathered during this Programme will be shared with TAMIU community for building an OER culture which is now a statewide and system wide initiative.
New PROF Center Website
Dr. Ariadne Gonzalez announced the launch of their new website. The main focus of the new look is the scheduled workshops tab. Their main goal is to be a one stop hub for all workshops and trainings given by the PROF Center, THCB, eLearning, the library, and NCFDD to make accessing trainings for faculty more efficient.
Open Agenda
Registrar's Office Announcements
- October 7- Midterm grades open
- October 11- Fall Sub-Term I last class day & finals
- October 13- Midterm grades due
- October 21- Fall Sub-Term 2 class begins
QM Development Stipend
Dr. Kazen shared a reminder that the new course development stipends took effect on September 1, 2024. The following stipends have been approved for QM certification:
- New Course Developments: $3,000
- Redevelopment/Recertification: $1,500
Digital Symposium
Dr. Cynthia Sosa mentioned that the Blackboard Anthology Digital Teaching Symposium will be taking place November 11th. Anyone interested can register: https://www.anthology.com/digital-teaching-symposium
New Addition to
OIT Team!
Next Meeting
The next DEITC meeting will be held on
October 28th, 2024 in KLM 420 at 3:00 p.m.
DEITC Members
2024-2025 Members
Co-Chairs
Dr. Patricia Abrego,
Director of Academic Technology, Co-Chair, Ex-officio
Dr. Hayley Kazen,
Faculty Senate Appointee, Co-Chair
Dr. Kim Won
Faculty Senate Appointee
Members
Seong Kwan Cho,
Faculty Senate Appointee
Dr. Donovan Weight,
College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Yong Chen,
A.R. Sanchez School of Business
Dr. Cynthia Sosa,
College of Education
Ms. Veronica Juarez,
University College
Dr. Martha Salinas,
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Ms. Triana Gonzalez,
University Registrar and VPEM Appointee
William Crowell,
Killiam Library
Dr. Sean Maddan,
Chair of University Curriculum Committee and VPAA Designee
Elizabeth Vasquez,
VPSE Appointee
Dr. Lola Norris,
Graduate School
Jessica Verastigui,
Institutional Assessment
Monica Perales,
Graduate Student
Abigail Olivares,
Undergraduate School
Mr. Mike Munoa,
OIT, Ex-officio
Mrs. Gloria Sanchez,
Associate Director of Academic Technology, non-voting
Mr. Carlos Vallarta,
Instructional Designer, non-voting
Mr. Julio Tovar,
Instructional Designer, non-voting
Ms. Melissa Soulas,
Instructional Designer, non-voting
Ms. Ivette Soto,
Instructional Designer, non-voting
Graciela Briseño,
Instructional Designer, non-voting
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