Table 7 Updated definitions of eLearning Courses and Programs, Version 2.0
Level | Category | Characterization |
|---|---|---|
Course-level | 1. Classroom Course | Course activity is organized around scheduled class meetings |
2. Synchronous Distributed Course | Web-based technologies are used to extend classroom lectures and other activities to students at remote sites in real time | |
3. Web-Enhanced Course | Online course activity complements class sessions without reducing the number of required class meetings. | |
4. Blended (also called Hybrid) Classroom Course | Online activity is mixed with classroom meetings, replacing a significant percentage, but not all required face-to-face instructional activities. | |
5. Blended (also called Hybrid) Online Course | Most course activity is done online, but there are some required face-to-face instructional activities, such as lectures, discussions, labs, or other in-person learning activities. | |
6. Online Course | All course activity is done online; there are no required face-to-face sessions within the course and no requirements for on-campus activity | |
7. Flexible Mode Course | Offers multiple delivery modes so that students can choose which delivery mode(s) to use for instructional and other learning purposes. | |
Program-level | 1. Classroom Program | The program may include a mix of traditional, web-enhanced, or hybrid courses, but all courses require some face-to-face lecture sessions |
2. Multi-Format Program | A program mixes classroom courses with other formats that may use a variety of different delivery modes, web-enhanced, blended, fully online courses, synchronous distributed courses, etc., without a specific access goal. | |
3. Blended Program | A significant percentage, but not all of the credits required for program completion are offered fully online | |
4. Online Program | All credits required to complete the program are offered as fully online courses. |