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He told the committees to ensure that they get all action items ready for the final meeting. The Senate Executive Committee may have to meet over the summer to deal with unfinished business, but this is less than ideal, as any items addressed over summer wouldn't get full Senate consideration.", "children": [ { "id": "p2.3.1", "order": 8, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 51.36, "t": 617.76, "r": 577.68, "b": 562.8 }, "text": "^{th}", "attrs": { "inline": true, "text_offset": 21, "text_span": 8, "bbox_estimated": true } } ] }, { "id": "p2.4", "order": 9, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 50.4, "t": 561.36, "r": 573.6, "b": 465.12 }, "text": "The Director of Institutional Effectiveness has asked Moffett to remind Senators to fill out the Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE). FSSE closely parallels the NSSE questionnaire that many K-State students have taken, and the office of Institutional Effectiveness needs independent feedback from instructional staff (faculty, instructors, and/or graduate students who teach) for an instructive complement to the students' responses. An email with a link to the survey had been sent to all faculty from Yuliana Susanto of OIRE; however, this email went to the junk folder of many faculty members. Please look at your junk mailbox to find it, and do the survey. It's important for assessment purposes." }, { "id": "p2.5", "order": 10, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 51.12, "t": 464.4, "r": 568.08, "b": 410.4 }, "text": "He welcomed KSU's new Director of Distance Learning and Instructional Design, Dr. Michael Dailey. Dailey said it would be a pleasure working with Faculty Senate, and that he looks forward to meeting faculty. He said that the Deans and Chairs would be getting a baseline survey regarding distance education." }, { "id": "p2.6", "order": 11, "type": "list", "bbox": { "l": 33.6, "t": 408.96, "r": 574.8, "b": 193.92 }, "text": "", "attrs": { "item_count": 4 }, "children": [ { "id": "p2.6.1", "order": 12, "type": "list_item", "bbox": { "l": 69.6, "t": 408.96, "r": 549.84, "b": 368.4 }, "text": "Moffett asked him what he thinks faculty need to know about Blackboard and distance education. Dailey replied that faculty should contact him if they have Bb problems, as Bb is our backbone for student interaction. But he added that distance education encompasses much more.", "marker": "-" }, { "id": "p2.6.2", "order": 13, "type": "list_item", "bbox": { "l": 68.64, "t": 366.96, "r": 574.8, "b": 299.28 }, "text": "A Senator asked if we are considering doing synchronous online classes, i.e. video distance-education? Dailey replied that we already have Bb Collaborate as well as asynchronous video capabilities. If a department is doing a pure online program, one way to have accountability is to have students check in with the instructor; we will have that capability. Also, we have in ASB the compressed video conferencing center.", "marker": "-" }, { "id": "p2.6.3", "order": 14, "type": "list_item", "bbox": { "l": 68.64, "t": 298.56, "r": 571.92, "b": 228.96 }, "text": "A Senator asked, for teachers considering teaching online for the first time, what do they need to do? Dailey replied, we’re making sure online instructors are using Bb and using the Quality Matters online instruction standards. Also, if you’re starting a new online course or program, it will have to go through your dean/chair, and we need to be informed. Also, there used to be a KSU Bb credentialing test which we want to bring back.", "marker": "-" }, { "id": "p2.6.4", "order": 15, "type": "list_item", "bbox": { "l": 33.6, "t": 207.84, "r": 547.44, "b": 193.92 }, "text": "Liberal Studies Core Curriculum Committee: LSCC Chair Bruce Griffiths gave the following report:", "marker": "5.", "attrs": { "block_label": "paragraph_title" } } ] }, { "id": "p2.7", "order": 16, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 47.76, "t": 185.52, "r": 576.96, "b": 73.68 }, "text": "The committee first convened last Monday in a joint session with the FS Curriculum Committee. We were presented with the charge to reduce the General Education core from 40-45 hours to as close to 30 hours as possible, which is the minimum for SACS and CPE. We were presented some possible schemes for that reduction. Griffiths stated that since that time, he has worked with Vice Provost Schneller and Deputy Provost Sipes on different ways this reduction could be accomplished without setting a specific course plan – i.e. the university can agree on a number of hours and then the major programs will determine which courses students in their programs must take. This plan would have several benefits: easier assessment of the core, greater flexibility for students in their majors or minors, and a coherent" }, { "id": "p2.8", "order": 17, "type": "footer", "bbox": { "l": 569.28, "t": 60.96, "r": 577.2, "b": 50.88 }, "text": "2", "attrs": { "block_label": "number" } } ], "excluded_furniture": { "first": [], "last": [] } }