Definition of Online Courses
Effective Winter Quarter 2007
Adopted by Instruction Cabinet, Spring 2006
This document is intended to clarify, for the purposes of quarterly
schedule development, the definition of online courses, and to
distinguish them from hybrid or web-enhanced courses. While departments
may offer other courses that mix face-to-face instruction with other
modes, only courses that meet the definition below may be designated as
online courses in the quarterly schedule and promoted as part of the
college’s online programming (see note).
Definition of Online Courses
An online course is defined as one for which all regularly scheduled
classroom time is replaced by required activities completed at distance
and managed online.
- A standard definition provides predictability for students and
for the course scheduling process.
- This definition is in line with community standards and our peer
institutions.
- Online courses allow students to take courses from
geographically remote locations, without any need to come to campus
(for instance while deployed in the military)
The following parameters further define online courses:
- Online courses require no fixed-schedule visits to the Highline
campus or other pre-determined location.
- Visits to particular sites, for instance for tests, internships,
service learning, interviews, field research, or other curricular
activity may be required, but the location and scheduling of these
activities is flexible.
- All activities can be completed geographically remote from the
Highline campus, but the student is responsible for arranging a
location suitable to the course requirements.
- Online classes will utilize a course management system or
equivalent technology.
To accommodate variations in course content and delivery modes,
exceptions can be made to the above guidelines. However, to ensure
predictability for students, these exceptions will require approval of
the Vice President for Academic Affairs. Requests should briefly state a
rationale and should be copied to the division chair.
Scheduling process
Department coordinators are responsible for scheduling online courses
and ensuring that they are properly designated in the quarterly
schedule.
Division chairs must be notified of courses scheduled as online each
quarter.
Online courses incur the standard Technology Fee.
* Any course that replaces face-to-face class
time with an online (or other) component must so indicate in the
quarterly schedule. Department coordinators and division chairs must be
notified of such scheduling variations.
Web site last updated:
April 19, 2009
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