Coordination of collaborative distance learning throughout the UH System requires the active collaboration among inter-campus and cross-functional working groups and advisory councils. Establishing effective lines of communication across these "communities of practice" is essential to the University of Hawaiʻi's overall decentralized approach, mainstreamed and collaborative approach to distance learning.

Group membership and meeting agendas/notes can be viewed by University of Hawaiʻi users by selecting the links below

1. Distance Learning Advisory Council (DLAC) is the lead system-wide group that helps the University of Hawaiʻi advance its mission through distance and online learning. The DLAC is responsible to recommend policies and to proactively identify and catalyze action on systemic issues as they arise. As appropriate, the DLAC counsels University administrators and policy-makers through such groups as the Council of Chancellors, the Council of Chief Academic Officer, and the Council of Chief Student Affairs Officers. The DLAC prepares, monitors and oversees a system-wide distance and online learning action plan that advances overall institutional plans and priorities of the UH system and the campuses (https://www.hawaii.edu/dlplan). The DLAC is convened and chaired jointly by the offices of the Vice President for Academic Policy and Planning and Vice President for Information Technology/Chief Information Officer.
2. Distance Learning Program Planning Group (DLPPG) is a system-wide group composed of University and Education Centers and representation from offering units that assists campuses, departments and support units in the planning and coordination of distance and online programs to meet educational needs within the State of Hawaiʻi. The DLPPG advises programs, allocates system resources, and coordinates the master listings of distance and online programs. The DLPPG is convened and chaired by the Director of Online Learning.
3. Campus Distance Coordinators (CDC) is a system-wide group that is responsible for addressing student, faculty, and staff concerns relating to distance learning at the operational level. This group helps identify system-wide issues and raises them to the attention of the DLAC. The CDC is convened and chaired by election from within the CDC membership.