RODP Course/Program Development Documents and Procedures At ETSU
 

1. TBR/RODP Electronic Course Development Proposal

This document is to be completed for each course in the program. The document should be emailed to the address on the form and a copy of the document should be given to the ETSU TBR/RODP Curriculum representative. The Curriculum representative will “defend” the course proposal during the RODP Curriculum Committee review. 

2. RODP Course Syllabus document

This is the format into which the course syllabus must be configured. 

3. Developer Request for Review form

When the developer has completed the course development process, the request for Review Form must be submitted. The RODP Course review process will begin after the submission of this form. 

4. RODP Content Assessment- RODP Reviewer’s Form

This is the form that the review team will use to assess the developed course. The RODP Curriculum committee has subcommittees that review courses. Following the submission of this form, the faculty member will get a report of changes needed in the developed course. 

5. The ETSU/RODP Memorandum of Understanding for RODP course development

This document defines the IPR and compensation guidelines for RODP courses at ETSU. It should be completed and routed through the signatures on the form for approval. 

6. Change of Grade and other Student Issues

Change of grade procedures and forms for RODP courses must be coordinated with the ETSU/RODP student contact Scott Vaughn, vaughn@etsu.edu. Any student complains either from ETSU students enrolled in the RODP course or students from other TBR schools enrolled in the course are managed by Mr. Vaughn. 

ETSU Compensation for RODP Course Development and Teaching 

Faculty developers receive $ 5000 inclusive of fringe benefits for each course developed following the completion of all review and approval processes and following the transfer of funds from TBR to ETSU. Faculty developers must teach the course as part of load the first term it is offered. Following the first term of offering, the faculty member teaching the section receives $ 1000 additional compensation for each section taught because of the added complexity of managing an online course with students from other institutions and the distributed nature and complexity of the RODP process. 

Course Offerings and Scheduling

As a general rule, all developed RODP courses are offered each term, fall, spring and summer. The developing institution has the exclusive rights to teach these sections up to a maximum of six. If the developing institution cannot meet the section needs of RODP, the RODP Central staff will attempt to find an instructor at another TBR school. 

RODP Training 

All RODP developing and teaching faculty must complete official RODP training. The ETSU/RODP trainer is Myra Jones, mjones@etsu.edu . Faculty must complete this training before they have access to the RODP Course development server.

Any Questions related to RODP at ETSU should be directed to Dr. Karen King, Associate Vice President for Academic Technology and Executive Director, E-Learning and Online Education, kingk@etsu.edu or to Pat Westington, Internet Program Support Coordinator, westingt@etsu.edu
 

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