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- Verification of Student Identity: The institution verifies the identity of a student who participates in class or coursework and notifies students of any projected additional charges associated with verification of student identity.
- Protection of Privacy: The institution protects the privacy of students enrolled in distance education courses or programs.
- Institutional Reporting: The institution accurately includes distance education headcount enrollment on its annual Institutional Profile submitted to the Commission.
- The institution applies the SACSCOC Principles of Accreditation to all programs of the institution, regardless of mode of delivery. Guidelines for Equivalent Instructional Activities for Non-Traditional and Distance Education Programs are included in Appendix I of this policy. Guidance on formally classifying course instructional mode is provided in Appendix II, and incorporates definitions from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) to which EMU reports data annually.
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Faculty/Staff Handbook
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A semester hour represents a unit of curricular material that can normally be taught in a minimum of 14 hours of classroom instruction, plus outside preparation of equivalent as determined by faculty. (See Class Meetings, Attendance and Final Examinations (Credit Hour Policy)).
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Non-Traditional or Distance Learning Activity | Equivalent Classroom Activity |
Synchronous class with lecture | Lecture |
Read and/or view a faculty presentation | Lecture |
Complete learning packages such as programmed instruction (PI) or independent module (MOD) with questions to answer. Note: hours designated on individual package | Lecture |
Listen to a podcast or webcast | Lecture |
Research relevant practitioner input on the web. Join online discussion by posting findings and applying to own setting, including analysis and synthesis (see Bloom’s taxonomy). Note: research hours according to teacher’s estimate of parallel time for a lecture | Guest lecture on a topic relevant to course content with a practitioner focus followed by discussion |
Online discussion | Group discussion |
Small group work online or in person | Small group work on a project during class time |
Case study presentation and discussion online | Case study presentation and discussion |
Post online executive summary of paper/project along with a discussion question and lead discussion for a designated period | Student presentation |
Look at video (online or other) | Show video |
Complete online simulation | Complete simulation |
Independent field trip or interview of a practitioner | Field trip |
Online lab | Studio activity |
Practicum/internship/field experience | Practicum/internship/field experience/ laboratory |
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The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) provides guidance to inform EMU's mandatory reporting on course instructional format. That guidance is provided below along with further details as it pertains to the EMU context.
Code | Method | SCHEV Description | EMU Notes |
A | Predominant Face to Face; Synchronous | The instructor and learner share the same physical space more than 50% of the time (understood in terms of Carnegie credit hour equivalency). The instructor and learner interact mostly at the same time. | This covers most courses offered by EMU. Note that to be anything else over half of the content must be delivered in some other way, so what faculty might consider a hybrid course may still belong here. |
B | Distance-Hybrid; Synchronous | The instructor and learner share the same physical space less than 50% of the time. Electronic delivery is used for the balance of instruction. During electronic interaction, the instructor and learner interact mostly at the same time. | These courses would almost always be using our specialized technology classrooms. The course type classification is very likely a standard lecture or seminar. |
C | Distance-Hybrid; Asynchronous | The instructor and learner share the same physical space less than 50% of the time. Electronic delivery is used for the balance of instruction. During electronic interaction, the instructor and learner interact mostly at different times. | This covers courses with occasional class meetings and will likely be scheduled in any available classroom. |
D | Distance-Electronic; Synchronous | Apart from a face-to-face orientation or initial class meeting (and possibly testing), for formal instruction, the instructor and learner use electronic means to interact 100% of the time. During electronic interaction, the instructor and learner interact mostly at the same time. | These courses would either need to use our specialized technology classrooms or specific meeting coordination software. The course type classification is very likely a standard lecture or seminar. |
E | Distance-Electronic; Asynchronous | Apart from a face-to-face orientation or initial class meeting (and possibly testing), for formal instruction, the instructor and learner use electronic means to interact 100% of the time. During electronic interaction, the instructor and learner interact mostly at different times. | These are the on-line courses primarily using videos, email, message boards, etc. and would get a course type classification of ID (internet-delivered). |