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1. Thursday, April 5, 2018
Faculty Online Teaching and Review Committee
The Faculty Online Teaching and Review Committee, in consultation with the Dean, is charged
with the responsibility to:
• Provide quality assurance peer reviews of all online and hybrid courses using an
approved review tool.
• Identify degree programs appropriate for online instruction as requested.
• Review certification of faculty who plan to teach online and/or hybrid courses.
• Provide and/or coordinate training for faculty teaching online or hybrid courses.
• Maintain and monitor an introductory orientation module/course to the current LMS
approved and supported by the University of New Mexico.
Committee membership shall consist of :
• Seven (7) faculty members. These seven should represent at least three (3) different
divisions and include at least one (1) adjunct faculty member.
• One (1) Teaching and Learning Center representative, one (1) Library representative,
campus QM Coordinator(s) (or comparable representative), and the Dean of Instruction
ex officio. An ex officio member shall not serve as the chair of the committee.
Qualifications and term of service for committee members:
• All faculty members appointed to the committee should have at least two (2) years of
experience teaching online or hybrid courses.
• Members of the committee will be certified to conduct peer reviews of online and hybrid
courses, and to provide training for other faculty. New committee members will have
their first year of service to achieve appropriate certifications if they do not already have
them.
Term of service for this committee will be three (3) years. Duties of the committee members
over the three years of membership shall, in general, be as described below:
• First Year: Complete the APPQMR workshop and QM Peer Reviewer course if not
already completed (or comparable training if the QM rubric and process is no longer the
method of review). Help with other duties of the committee not having to do with review
of courses (for example, helping maintain and monitor the LMS orientation
module/course).
• Second Year: Participate in at least two (2), but not more than six (6), internal course
reviews during the academic year. Other committee work as appropriate.
• Third Year: Participate in at least two (2), but not more than four (4) official reviews
during the academic year. Other committee work as appropriate.
The chair of this committee shall also serve as the UNM-Valencia Distance Learning
Coordinator (DLC) and shall receive one course release each semester while serving as chair and
DLC.
Faculty Online Teaching and Review Committee accepted as a standing committee of the UNM-
Valencia Faculty Assembly in October, 2015. Revisions submitted to UNM-Valencia Handbook
Committee in February, 2018.