Faculty Support Services
A variety of support services are available to Texas State faculty who are involved in the delivery of courses and programs via a distributed technology. For example, Planning Guides for Internet Course Development, ITV Course Development, and Correspondence Course Development are designed to assist faculty who are beginning to explore the use of a technology in their instructional programs.
Principles of Good Practice
Principles of Good Practice for Electronically Delivered Courses (MS Word Document) Distance Learning Faculty
The university has initiated a process of building a database of information about its faculty who are engaged in Internet Course Instruction. The database will help inform the university when making decisions about improving faculty support services.
Internet Course Instruction. The database will help inform the university when making decisions about improving faculty support services.Marketing and Business Plan Variables
A set of Marketing and Business Plan Variables has been adopted to serve as a guide for academic unit faculty and administrators when developing distance-learning proposals.
Marketing and Business Plan Variables has been adopted to serve as a guide for academic unit faculty and administrators when developing distance-learning proposals. Distance Learning Policies
UPPS 01.04.25 Distance Education Intellectual Property. This UPPS addresses many of your questions concerning copyright ownership, faculty responsibilities, course development, revision rights, royalties, using Texas State’s name, etc.
PPS 2.16 Academic Programs: Distance Education & Off-Campus. This PPS provides procedures for developing distance learning and off-campus programs.
PPS 2.16 Academic Programs: Distance Education & Off-Campus. This PPS provides procedures for developing distance learning and off-campus programs.
Steering Committee
A Steering Committee has been appointed by the VPAA to provide assistance to the Director of Extended and Distance Learning. The committee provides general oversight into the development of distance learning policies and programs. Its members represent a cross-section of key stakeholders in extended and distance learning at Texas State.
Steering Committee has been appointed by the VPAA to provide assistance to the Director of Extended and Distance Learning. The committee provides general oversight into the development of distance learning policies and programs. Its members represent a cross-section of key stakeholders in extended and distance learning at Texas State. Academic and Student Support Services Committee
The VPAA has appointed an Academic and Student Support Services Committee. The committee is charged with identifying support services currently available to on-campus students that are directly transferable to extended learners; identifying support services that are unique to extended learners; and identifying the impact on the current infrastructure in providing support services to extended learners.
Academic and Student Support Services Committee. The committee is charged with identifying support services currently available to on-campus students that are directly transferable to extended learners; identifying support services that are unique to extended learners; and identifying the impact on the current infrastructure in providing support services to extended learners. Marketing Your Courses and Programs
Several opportunities are available to market your distance learning courses and programs to a potentially larger student audience. In addition to Texas State’s distance learning website, courses and programs may also be posted at no charge on the websites of the Texas State University System, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the Electronic Campus of the Southern Region Education Board. If you would like additional information on how you might get your courses and programs listed on these websites, contact the Director of Extended and Distance Learning at DistanceEd@txstate.edu.