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2006 – May Distance Learning Coordinator’s Association Tuesday, May 2, 2006 Minutes
A meeting of the Distance Learning Coordinator’s Association was held on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at the State Board for Junior and Community Colleges building in Jackson, MS.
Attendance was as follows:
College/Association
Representative(s)
Coahoma
Brian Dorsey via VCN
Copiah Lincoln
Laura Lofton
East Central
Katie Sparkman Andrea Scott Audra Leverton
East Mississippi
Hinds
Holmes
Tish Stewart
Itawamba
Ellene McCrimon John Carter via VCN Taurus Satterwhite Jackie Bailey-Hall
Jones
Meridian
Mississippi Delta
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Jennifer Leimer
Northeast
Jenniffer Wamsley
Northwest Pearl River Southwest
Phyllis Johnson
Absent Absent
SBCJC
Audra Kimble and Beverlin Givens
I.
CALL TO ORDER. Andrea Scott called the meeting to order at 10:01 am.
II. The minutes from the association meeting on April 4, 2006 were approved as presented. III. New Business
a. Audra Kimble discussed consortium issues i. Blackboard
1. Ms. Kimble strongly recommended that instructors archive courses as soon as possible. Send any problems with archiving to Ms. Kimble no later than May 10th. 2. Oversight Committee met with Blackboard in Washington D.C. for two days. The committee was very pleased with the outcome of the meeting. 3. Oversight committee agreed to adopt the Blackboard Content System. 4. MSVCC is one of the top five as far as usage of the platform. In order to have a more reliable and robust system, MSVCC will contract with BB to implement a complex hosting system along with the content system. 5. Training Onsite training will be provided this summer. More details will follow. MSVCC will pay for approximately 20 instructors through the Blackboard Certified Online Course. Ms. Kimble recommends that each DLC as well as
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