1 KYSU ONLINE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS ..... 3 1.1 The Purpose of the Online Faculty Handbook ..... 3 1.2 Mission ..... 3 1.2.1 Kentucky State University Mission Statement ..... 3 1.2.2 Online Learning at KYSU ..... 3 1.3 Administrative Structure ..... 4 1.3.1 Provost/Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs ..... 4 1.3.2 Associate Vice President for Online Education ..... 4 1.3.3 Director of Online Education ..... 4 1.3.4 Office of Online Education ..... 5 1.3.5 Online Advisory Committee ..... 5 1.3.1 Program Coordinator ..... 6 1.3.2 Faculty Mentor ..... 6 1.3.3 Online Faculty ..... 6 1.3.4 Subject Matter Experts ..... 7 1.3.5 Instructional Designers ..... 8 1.4 Online Course Modality ..... 8 1.5 Academic Calendar and Online Programs ..... 9 1.5.1 Online Terms and Subterms ..... 10 1.5.2 Configuration of Subterms and the Academic Year ..... 11 2 ONLINE FACULTY ..... 13 2.1 Faculty Status and KYSU Online ..... 13 2.1.1 Full-time Faculty ..... 13 2.1.2 Adjunct Faculty ..... 14 2.2 Faculty Workload and KYSU Online ..... 16 2.2.1 Faculty Workload Unit Values and System ..... 17 2.2.2 Tracking Full-time Faculty Workload ..... 18 2.2.3 Tracking Adjunct Faculty Workload for KYSU Online ..... 19 2.3 Faculty Compensation ..... 21 2.4 Faculty Evaluation ..... 21 2.4.1 Evaluation Process ..... 22 2.4.2 Evidence for the Effectiveness of Online Faculty ..... 22 2.5 Faculty Rank and Promotion ..... 23 2.6 Subject Matter Experts ..... 23 3 ONLINE COURSES ..... 24 3.1 Subject Matter Expert (SME) Model for Online Courses ..... 24 3.1.1 Rationale ..... 24 3.1.2 SME Duties ..... 25 3.2 Online Course Syllabus ..... 28 3.2.1 Syllabus Procedures ..... 28 3.2.2 Syllabus Contents ..... 29