Summer eLC Meeting - August 27th and 28th, 2025
We like to think of ourselves as the teams with the best toys.
The eLearning Council (eLC) is comprised of eLearning Directors and Administrators from the Washington State Board Community and Technical Colleges.
The purpose of the eLC shall be to perform tasks and coordinate efforts relating to eLearning as assigned by the Instruction Commission and to communicate eLearning instructional concerns and issues to the Instruction Commission.
The objectives of the eLC shall be to:
provide leadership and professional development in promoting, support and delivery of eLearning activities within each community or technical college district, the state and the nation;
share with the Instruction Commission and other college system or state agencies information on issues which directly affect eLearning;
develop an effective communication network for sharing and disseminating information relating to eLearning;
foster access to higher education for the citizens of the state by promoting eLearning certification and degree programs, eLearning assistance centers, on demand educational services available from non-campus environments, student centered curriculum development, and linkages between learning centers and non-educational community sectors;
promote the effective use of eLearning technology and provide information and training for administrators, faculty and students;
support assessment of outcomes for alternative teaching processes and systems that measure effectiveness and efficiency;
plan for the effective use of funding for eLearning course licensing and production;
work closely with community college system, state higher education entities and other agencies; and
support cooperative efforts of eLearning course distribution.
As leaders of teaching and learning, the SBCTC eLearning Council (ELC) takes a stand against systemic racism embedded in teaching practices, institutional policies, and the use of educational technology in the Washington Community and Technical Colleges.
We commit to listening and learning about the role of racial and other inequities. As agents of empathy and change, we commit to actively leading the promotion of equitable teaching practices, policies, and technology implementation.
As our next step forward on the path to justice in education, we ask SBCTC and all WA community and technical colleges to commit to using specific criteria that remove barriers and demonstrate a commitment to anti-racist practices when procuring and implementing educational technology. We commit to developing criteria that ensure not just equitable access, but equitable use and impact of technology.