Delivery Methods & Distance Education

College:   Cerro Coso College   Discipline:   Cerro Coso College   Course Title:   Introduction to Business Office Technology   Course Number   C100 
55202 - Course Quality Standards: "The same standards of course quality shall be applied to distance education as are applied to any portion of a course designed to be provided through distance education as are applied to traditional classroom courses, in regard to the course quality judgments made pursuant to the requirements of Section 55002 of this Part, and in regard to any local course quality determination or review process. Determination and judgments about the quality of distance education under the course quality standards shall be made with the full involvement of faculty in accordance with the provisions of subchapter 2 (commencing w/section 53200) of chapter 2."

Delivery Method
Face to face
Online (purely online no face-to-face contact)
Online with some required face-to-face meetings (“Hybrid”)
Online course with on ground testing
iTV – Interactive video = Face to face course with significant required activities in a distance modality
Other
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Rigor
Assignments and evaluations should be of the same rigor as those used in the on-ground course. If they are not the same as those noted in the COR on the Methods of Evaluation and out-of-class assignments pages, indicate what the differences are and why they are being used? For instance, if labs, field trips or site visits are required in the face to face section of this course, how will these requirements be met with the same rigor in the Distance Education section?
The online course will include the exact same assignments as the on campus, hybrid, or ITV course.
Effective Instructor-Student Contact
Good practice requires both asynchronous and synchronous contact for effective contact. Check the methods expected of all instructors teaching the course.
Moodle:
     Discussion Forums
     Moodle Message
Other Contact:
     Chat/Instant Messaging
     E-mail
     Face-to-face meeting(s)
     Newsgroup/Discussion Board
     Proctored Exam
     Telephone
     iTV - Interactive Video
     Other (specify)
Software and Equipment
What additional software or hardware, if any, is required for this course purely because of its delivery mode? How is technical support to be provided?
No special software is required because of delivery mode but the Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, and Outlook is required.
Accessibility
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires access to the Federal government's electronic and information technology. The law covers all types of electronic and information technology in the Federal sector and is not limited to assistive technologies used by people with disabilities. It applies to all Federal agencies when they develop, procure, maintain, or use such technology. Federal agencies must ensure that this technology is accessible to employees and the public to the extent it does not pose an "undue burden".
I am using
iTV—Interactive Video only
Moodle
Publisher course with Moodle interface.
Class Size
Good practice is that section size should be no greater in distance ed modes than in regular face-to-face versions of the course. Will the recommended section size be lower than in on-ground sections? If so, explain why.