Online Courses: Courses offered entirely online without any on-site face-to-face meetings. These courses have the same learning outcomes and substantive components of a standard lecture/seminar course with an alternate delivery method. Contact time is satisfied by several means which can include, but is not limited to, the following: a) regular instruction or interaction with a faculty member once a week for each week the course runs; and b) academic engagement through interactive tutorials, group discussions moderated by faculty, virtual study/project groups, engaging with class peers and computer tutorials graded and reviewed by faculty. In all such instances, these courses must meet the total amount of instructional and student work time as the examples above even if delivered online or asynchronously. Hybrid Courses: Courses offered in a blended format with one (1) or more on-site face-to-face class sessions and at least one (1) or more online sessions, both containing interaction with a faculty member. Contact time is assessed using both on-site definitions (which must account for a minimum of 60% of the contact time) and online definitions as above (for the online portion). In all such instances, these courses must meet the total amount of instructional and student work time as the examples above even if delivered online or synchronously. For enrollment reporting purposes, these courses are defined as on-site courses. D ELEGATION OF A UTHORITY The Office of the Provost shall, in accordance with the College’s Shared Governance process, periodically review and recommend updates and revisions to the guidelines and requirements set forth herein as needed to ensure compliance with applicable federal and state law and accreditation
requirements. R EFERENCES 34 C.F.R. § 600.2 22 Pa. Code §§ 31.21, 31.22 Student Handbook Course Catalog
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