About
The Distance Education Committee can be reached by email by contacting Johanna Carranza, DE/POCR Coordinator and Co-Chair (jcarranza@peralta.edu).
Mission and Responsibilities
The Distance Education Committee at College of Alameda is charged with reviewing and recommending policies, procedures, and practices to achieve academic excellence and success for online students.
The committee’s charge is to:
- Improve student persistence, retention, success, and support services for online students
- Coordinate ongoing professional development and mentoring support for effective online teaching and learning
- Recommend policies, procedures, and practices for effective online teaching and learning
In supporting the charge, the committee’s duties may include but are not limited to:
- Evaluating student enrollment, student success, and retention data to provide ongoing improvement in distance education.
- Exploring and recommending distance education conferences, grants, trainings, multi-college collaborations, and other opportunities.
- Promoting and disseminating effective practices, trainings, and workshops.
- Recommending policies, procedures, and practices that align with state and federal distance education guidelines.
- Promoting equitable access in distance education.
- Advocating for resources and academic support services that improve outcomes for online students.
- Providing ongoing assessment of the learning management system.
- Participating in the District Distance Education Committee and/or other related participatory governance constituencies.
- Sharing distance education current events and issues with the college community.
Meeting Schedule and Location
4th Friday of the month, 12:30 - 1:30pm - https://cccconfer.zoom.us/my/distance.education
Confirmed meeting dates:
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Friday, October 30, 2026
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Friday, November 20, 2026
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Friday, December 11, 2026