20.1 Distance Education offers faculty and the District new and creative ways in which to deliver approved curriculum. While the District encourages the use of technology to provide alternative learning forums, no faculty member shall be required to teach a distance education course.

20.2 Distance education assignments shall be made in a manner consistent with Article 6, Faculty Assignment and Load. A distance education course shall be assigned a load factor on the same basis as if it were taught as a traditional course.

20.3 Faculty who develop a new distance education course shall receive 20% Reassigned time (or $3000 stipend or equivalent hourly task assignment) upon the first offering of that course.

20.4 When a department chair and faculty member agree and the Curriculum Committee has approved an existing distance education course requiring substantial changes in the course content and/or delivery, the faculty member shall receive a $1000 stipend for making the revision(s).

20.5 Participation in developing and or revising a distance education course is available to both full-time and part-time faculty members.

20.6 Distance Education Class Size:

The class size maximums listed in Appendix H also apply to all distance education courses. Requests for review of maximum class size may be submitted by the Department Chair to the Vice President of Academic Affairs.

20.7 This Article shall apply to all distance education offered by Santa Monica College , whether offered as credit or non-credit instruction, and for student services provided remotely.

20.8 Effective Spring 2007, District will pay, on a one-time only basis, the amount of $250 to each faculty member at the time of the faculty member's first teaching of an online course, to cover the cost of any new high speed internet service purchased by the faculty member for use at home.