{"id":1733,"date":"2025-12-18T17:41:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T17:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/personnel-affairs\/?p=1733"},"modified":"2026-08-24T18:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T18:14:20","slug":"tech-distance-ed-committee-meeting-october-1-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/personnel-affairs\/2025\/12\/18\/tech-distance-ed-committee-meeting-october-1-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech & Distance Ed Committee Meeting \u2013 October 1, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]

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

Date:<\/strong> October 1, 2025<\/p>\n\n

Members Present<\/h3>\n

Walter Balser, Katy Chapman, Larisa Olesova, Megan McMillan, Mary Kay Carodine, Dean Glenn Good<\/p>\n\n

1. Opening & Welcome<\/h3>\n

Lead:<\/strong> Walter and Katy<\/p>\n\n

2. Review and Approve Prior Minutes<\/h3>\n

Lead:<\/strong> Walter and Katy<\/p>\n

Motion to approve the minutes by Mary Kay, 2nd by Megan<\/p>\n\n

3. Scheduling Discussion<\/h3>\n

Lead:<\/strong> Walter and Katy<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Nov. 12th 3:00 pm<\/li>\n
  • Dec. 3rd 3:00 pm – will when2meet for first or second Wed of month for spring<\/li>\n
  • Katy will send out Outlook calendar invites, we will meet via Zoom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

    4. Committee Goals Update<\/h3>\n\n

    WORKSHOPS<\/h4>\n\n

    Faculty – 3 per academic year<\/h5>\n
      \n
    1. Lori & Tara – October – Go React<\/li>\n
    2. Walter – AI Resilient courses and “exercises”<\/li>\n
    3. AI Agents – Thomas, Moss, Arnold<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
      Student – 2 per semester\/academic year<\/h5>\n
        \n
      1. AI ethics – use in scholarship; responsible use (Jan Sutton, Johns Hopkins University online, lives in Jacksonville) – could bring her in as a speaker? She has developed a module about AI ethics that can be embedded into courses – part of Module 0\/Orientation Module – Soomin Lee doctoral student who works with Rob Moore – could lead a session? Breadcrumbs for how students use AI – possible initiative to be used at UF as a microcredential?<\/li>\n
      2. Graduate students lead mini lessons – 3-4 interactive – students lead students through activities (antiquated and ableist language in AI responses, how to improve your writing and scholarship, citation hallucinations and APA formatting)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

        ACCESSIBILITY<\/h4>\n

        By April 26 – Megan to do self as example, but need to explore a scalable solution<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. PDF conversion a priority<\/li>\n
        2. CC of video media<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Protocol and process needed – Jason and Domenic – wait for report at next meeting<\/p>\n

          HyperGator Tutor Agent – Jason and Domenic – showcasing during AI days, wait for report at next meeting<\/p>\n\n

          COURSE QUALITY<\/h4>\n

          QM+UF strategy and toolkit for faculty moving forward? High-level course “audit”\/”review” of our courses throughout the COE? – make this a priority at the department level – simple rubric to review the course and then triage? – could this be lead through schools or the COE? Masters Student working with Bojan – now an instructional designer – created a process for this already? – check in with Jason and Domenic at next meeting<\/p>\n\n

          5. New Business \/ Proposals<\/h3>\n

          None<\/p>\n\n

          6. Action Steps \/ Priorities<\/h3>\n

          Katy and Walter: Get workshops calendarized and marketed with ETC<\/p>\n\n

          7. Open Discussion \/ Q&A<\/h3>\n

          None<\/p>\n\n

          8. Next Meeting Planning<\/h3>\n

          Lead:<\/strong> Walter and Katy<\/p>\n

          November and December meetings scheduled – Katy will send out calendar invitations with Zoom links<\/p>\n\n

          9. Closing Remarks<\/h3>\n

          Lead:<\/strong> Walter and Katy<\/p>\n

          Walter motions closing, all approve<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fpc","category-tdec-meetings-archived"],"yoast_head":"\nTech & Distance Ed Committee Meeting \u2013 October 1, 2025 - Personnel Affairs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/personnel-affairs\/2025\/12\/18\/tech-distance-ed-committee-meeting-october-1-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tech & Distance Ed Committee Meeting \u2013 October 1, 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/personnel-affairs\/2025\/12\/18\/tech-distance-ed-committee-meeting-october-1-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Personnel Affairs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-18T17:41:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-24T18:14:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"evekung\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"evekung\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/personnel-affairs\/2025\/12\/18\/tech-distance-ed-committee-meeting-october-1-2025\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/personnel-affairs\/2025\/12\/18\/tech-distance-ed-committee-meeting-october-1-2025\/\",\"name\":\"Tech & Distance Ed Committee Meeting \u2013 October 1, 2025 - 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