All programs
and courses delivered through NJVCCC meet the same academic program
and learning support standards as programs provided in the more
traditional format within higher education. NJVCCC is a consortium
in which the member colleges have appropriate oversight of and
are responsible for all programs and courses. Online courses must
meet the constituent institution’s standards for quality
of instruction, academic rigor, and educational effectiveness.
Recognizing that one bad course can have a major impact, every
course must be held to high standards.
| PROVIDER |
HOST |
| Provider
colleges are responsible for ensuring that the instructors
have the appropriate credentials and support to develop their
courses of instruction. The provider colleges are responsible
for an ongoing program of appropriate orientation, training
and support for faculty participating in electronically
delivered programs. |
Host colleges have the responsibility for providing appropriate
student orientation, counseling, advising, technical assistance,
library services and testing services for consortium
students.
|
As
the course is delivered, the Provider
college is responsible for determining
that a quality product is delivered. For
example, courses should include most of
the following good practices:
- Uses
threaded discussion throughout
with instructor interaction
- Uses
an online grade book to provide continuous student feedback
- Actively
engages the students
- Returns
students calls and e-mails within a reasonable length of
time
- Keeps
a record of student work for at least two semesters after
the course is complete
|
All
colleges, host and provider,
must keep records of student
enrollments, withdrawals, and
grades. |
Provider
colleges must ensure that a
course has been taught online at the
provider college and that the faculty
member has taught an online course
before the course is a provided
consortium course. |
The
Host college is responsible for the registration process, financial
aid, and any technical problems at its end. |
| Provider
colleges must give a description of the courses before registration
and stick to that description. Any special software needs that
are not Web-based must be noted. In-person orientations and
in-person meetings, even if not required, must be noted. Publisher’s
courses that require a PIN code must be noted. The ISBN # of
the text must be included. |
The
Host college is responsible for assuring that the course is
already in their database of accepted courses. |
Provider
college agrees that the syllabus
contains a “Schedule of Course Activities,” including
the academic calendar, and that the dates match the current
term. |
The
Host college will share the academic calendar information with
their students in registration materials. |
Provider
college is responsible for seeing that the syllabus
-
Has clear grading criteria
-
Bases grading on a variety of
activities
- If
library and other research
assignments are given, the
requirements must be noted in the
syllabus at the beginning of the
term
- Includes
online discussion and participation in the grading criteria
- Includes
Web-based activities
within the course
- Includes
Web resources with
properly working links.
|
The
Host college is responsible for providing course testing services
and course library services at no cost to students taking consortium
courses. |
Provider
college is responsible for giving
instructor name, E-mail, phone contact to
the host institution. Provider college must
also give name and contact information
of a support person to the host institution. |
The
Host college will send their
consortium students a letter,
informing them of the faculty name
and e-mail address. |
Both
the provider and host colleges are
responsible for within institution assessment processes, including
comparison of parallel on-site traditional
offerings, if any. |
Both
the provider and host colleges are responsible for within institution
assessment processes, including comparison of parallel
on-site traditional offerings, if any. |
Adequate
technical assistance must be
available to faculty and students. |
Adequate
technical assistance must be available to faculty and students. |
