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All full-time and part-time faculty are encouraged, but not required, to incorporate some level of technology into their courses. Training and support are available through the Academic Technology Division.

If you're interested in developing and teaching an online course, fill out the Online/Blended Course Development Applicaiton form, schedule a meeting with your Academic Dean, then submit the form to the Academic Technology Division. A completed syllabus, course prerequisites, the official course description, student learning outcomes and assessment methodology must be submitted with this form. Click here for an online course syllabus template.

There are an abundance of resources available for online teaching and learning. Here are a few recommended ones:

online course development stipend

Compensation in the form of release time or stipend for the development of an online course is available upon approval. Please review the following information for the details of the process here at RCC. Click on the title links to access the referenced documents/forms.

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1. Proposal: Faculty declares intent by completing and submitting the Online/Blended Course Development Application Form IT/DL-2* (written description of online course scope and sequence including timeline for development). The form must be completed and signed by all required parties before the development begins.

2. Course Development: During the period of course development, staff in the Academic Technology division can be consulted as desired by authoring faculty concerning issues or guidance specific to successful online course design. Faculty must earn a Moodle Certificate at the Intermediate Level, granted by the Academic Technology division, before submitting a course for review.

3. Submission for Review : The completed online course must be reviewed and approved before it can be used for instruction. Online courses are reviewed by Academic Technology staff using the Quality Matters Rubric.* Courses that score above a 67** will be recommended to the Academic Dean for the course schedule. This is completely different and separate from a formal course evaluation done by the Academic Dean.

4. Request for stipend: Faculty must complete and submit a Stipend Request form, Standard Contract form and W-9 to the Dean of Academic Technology. The paperwork will be processed and payment mailed from the Business Office to the address listed on the W-9 form.

*Quality Matters Rubric 2011-2013: A nationally recognized set of 8 standards developed to ensure a uniformly high level of quality in online course delivery. All MA Community Colleges have adopted the "Quality Matters Rubric Standards" as a common tool for online course quality.

** Courses with a QM score below 67 must be revised and resubmitted.

mccc & distance education

MCCC Distance Education Agreement*: This memorandum of understanding outlines the guidelines and levels for online and videoconference courses, compensations and policies for course implementation.

N.B. In accordance with MCCC rules, formal evaluation by the faculty Academic Dean of an online course cannot not take place until the course has been delivered three times.

MCCC Distance Education Evaluation Process Forms*: The forms included here are the course/instructional materials checklist, Interaction Plan, and Student Evaluations.

Distance Education Committee: The current list of the members and recommendations.


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