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Technology and Distance Education FPC Committee Meeting<\/h2>\n

Date:<\/strong> September 11, 2025<\/p>\n

Present<\/h3>\n

Katy Chapman, Dean Glenn Good, Megan McMillan, Mary Kay Carodine, Tammy Huang, Domenic Durante, Jason Arnold<\/p>\n

Announcements<\/h3>\n
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  • Announced Walter Balser as 2025-2026 Technology and Distance Education FPC Committee Chair<\/li>\n
  • Announced Katy Chapman as 2025-2026 Technology and Distance Education FPC Committee FPC Rep<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Committee’s Established Goals from 2024-2025 Academic Year<\/h3>\n

    Discussed Committee’s Established Goals from 2024-2025 academic year<\/p>\n

    Committee’s Carry Forward Recommendations from 2024-2025 Academic Year<\/h3>\n

    Discussed Committee’s Carry Forward Recommendations from 2024-2025 academic year<\/p>\n

    Goals for the 2025-2026 Academic Year<\/h3>\n

    Discussed and identified Goals for the 2025-2026 academic year. Those goals were as follows (items highlighted in yellow were identified as those which we might not want to take on for the 2025-2026 academic year):<\/p>\n

    Faculty and ETC Organized Workshops \u2013 Practical Applications of AI & Advanced Learning Technologies Within Courses<\/h4>\n
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    • Tara Mathien & Lori Dassa \u2013 AI within GoReact \u2013 October 2025<\/li>\n
    • Amber Moss \u2013 agent creation in her course \u2013 creation of a text-based agent \u2013 combine with medicine\/ETC (Jason) \u2013 make an agent in Gemini and ChatGPT \u2013 & Chris Thomas \u2013 education law focus<\/li>\n
    • Jinnie Shin (sp?) \u2013 Engineering Course Development, using AI to partner students with future employers, goal to roll out to statewide \u2013 combine with education, school districts, and tech world \u2013 deeper use of LLMs<\/li>\n
    • Walter Balser \u2013 microcredential-like courses for educational entities, use of AI in work, decentralization of current education system and use of that to your benefit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Student Workshops<\/h4>\n
        \n
      • Students teaching students or student-facing workshops \u2013 learn and takeaways \u2013 could be offered online for online students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Accessibility of Courses<\/h4>\n
          \n
        • April 2026 requirement from DOJ, accessibility compliance of websites \u2013 everything must be accessible by a screen reader<\/li>\n
        • Faculty liaisons involved in this process<\/li>\n
        • Workshop where we highlight tools that faculty can use\n
            \n
          • PDF reader or converter<\/li>\n
          • Captioning videos with accuracy \u2013 free tools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Simple Syllabi<\/h4>\n
              \n
            • Interfaces with Canvas \u2013 help faculty adopt this system smoothly \u2013 workshop\/meeting?<\/li>\n
            • Will be integrated into Canvas \u2013 rolling out full in Spring 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              HyPerGator Tutor Agent<\/h4>\n
                \n
              • Explore if that will be available on a pilot basis \u2013 use in AI days<\/li>\n
              • Currently text-based, but moving toward avatar\/AI agent<\/li>\n
              • Is there a pilot available for that?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                Course Mapping Workshop for New Faculty<\/h4>\n
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                • Tie into QM+UF certification \u2013 aligning to the standards as identified by the BOG with focus on accessibility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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