Most policies and procedures are already in place at an institution, sometimes some things have to be adjusted to fit the online programs. I would get with the Deans and the executives to create a think tank, to best create the proper policies for your program. I think all faculty is responsible for implementing the policies.
Sorry, Korin, but I think it is starting to get to the point at which students actually expect an online component to an offline class. The days of claiming to be waiting for better technology are probably over and you will need to jump in and embrace the new online learning, for better or worse.
Hello, Dimitria, This is an interesting comment. I had not thought of this, but I'm sure students have. It certainly makes the course facilitator stay on her toes.
One of the online learning management systems I have used shows how long students were logged into a particular area/thread within the class. Students are unaware of this, and I wonder if they did know, if there would be the attempt to log in and remain idle. The amount of time does not reflect the student's grade, but it can help an instructor determine how much work was placed into a particular assignment.
Our policies are created by Corporate, and they are either the same across the varying programs.
I would think that you should definatly go over the policies of the Board of Education and NACCAS. I would put the Director of Education in charge of putting together a Advisory Committee and geting the course and subject into place.
Online academic policies are created when resolutions to business needs are introduced during our academic management meeting. The logistics and impacts of the resolutions are defined and the policies are constructed to identify the who, what, where and when of the particular resolution implementation. The responsible agent (job role) for the implementation is decided as part of the policy finalization. Once the policy if finalized by the operations and academic teams, the policy is sent to compliance for review. If approved by compliance, it is implemented.
I own a production makeup school. I was thinking of putting the theory portion of our curriculum on-line. I could have students do makeup application and submit pictures of their work for evaluation. But we have policies that govern student's testing -including preventing cheating. How do I know that students are doing the on-line work and not having someone else do it? Policies won't prevent dishonesty.
We are also developing our first online program. It's a teacher training program in which one requirement is keeping an e-portfolio to share but which will not be formally assessed in the final grade since it is a personal collection of thoughrs and ideas. We hope that teachers will be inspired to continue the portfolio throughout their teaching careeer. Will it be problematic to require it without an assessment?
We are in the process to develop our first online program so all hands are on deck to start creating policies and procedures
Online program policies are put in place by the VP of Curriculum Development. The implementation of this policy comes from the Dean of Academic Affairs.
Policies are created and implemented from the top to the bottom of our staff. It's typically the instructors and campus directors input put forth together that creates the policies. From there, in most cases such as attendance, grading, etc. it's the instructors responsibility to implement it, and their managers to make sure they are doing so.
Some policies are company-wide. We do have policies that are set forth by the entire education dept for all schools and then are modified by myself for online. The online team would implement the policies (which includes instructors).
I am in the early process of starting online classes here. We are primarily an adult education school and classroom training would be very beneficial to the adult that is trying to juggle his or her time between work and school. I do not see any major hurdles between what we do now and applying it online.
I do or will have plenty of support from all areas of our school when I decide to go forward.
Korin, good luck on your journey to online. I agree with tour earlier post that establishing a helpful online personality is key.
Our program currently exists as an in-house only and all policies regarding grade postings, attendance & FA paperwork should stay the same. After completing this course I hope that all program supervisors will help in the online policies creation as we will be the one responsible for implementation.
What have all of you found to be the most difficult policies to impliment and/or enforce?
The institution that I currently teach at does not offer on line courses. But I am hopeful and interested in going this route someday.
Hi,Chris,
Seeing what works elsewhere is a good idea. Customizing policies to your program and student needs and remaining flexible helps.
In our organization, we are currently looking at developing an online program so, we are using a lot of information that is already in place such as refund policies, attendance policies, grade requirements, and graduation requirements. In other circumstances such as submission of assignments, logged hours on line, and posting requirements, we have investigated what a lot of other schools are doing and look to implement the best policies based upon what our student population may require.
My institution is just start to developing a online course, we have the faculty and the academic director involved in developing the policies and procedures for the new online course.
