The college is preparing to go through the Open SUNY Institutional Readiness Process for our distance learning programs. We had contacted SUNY about our potential interest in participating based on Program Review recommendations and Unit Plan initiatives. There are several perspectives from which the SUNY Institutional Readiness Process is beneficial to the institution, our staff and our students.
- We know we are a leader in distance learning but we want to stay there. While only eight of the 64 SUNY campuses have entirely completed the process, another 48 of them are moving toward some stage of completion.
- We would meet one of the steps to move toward more visibility in Open SUNY as a Plus campus.
- The opportunity for consensus building and self-evaluation during a review process involving a broad range of participants including senior administrators will enhance communication and long-term strategic planning for this area and the college.
- Participation would meet an identified initiative on the Distance Learning 2016-17 Unit Plan.
- Participation would meet a recommendation from the Mission and Vision section of the most recent Distance and Online Learning Program Review.
The IR process is designed to engage the campus leadership team representing academic leadership as well as all of the functional and infrastructure areas covered by the quality indicators in the Online Learning Consortium Quality Scorecard. There are three steps to the Institutional Readiness Process. The first is the initial two-hour meeting to be held in October. Each of the other two steps involve a one-day meeting on campus with SUNY representatives. There will also be some meetings of campus stakeholders throughout the process.
More information can be found regarding this process and the Online Learning Consortium Quality Scorecard as well as the categories and indicators used as part of the review process here.
Published: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 12:36:58 +0000 by c.helwig