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Online Learning – Faculty Load/e-Pack Policies

Faculty Load

Online learning is defined as:  Video conferencing and Online classes which are delivered over the internet. PBSC Courses are offered in four Modalities:

  • In-person – The class meets in the classroom. The instructor utilizes the Canvas LMS for the in-person class where students may interact through messaging, the instructor may provide handouts, presentations slides, and/or administer assignments or tests.
  • Live Online – Live Online courses require no physical classroom meetings. Instruction is synchronously scheduled/delivered with days/times for instruction and interactions. Uses electronic delivery methods (i.e., Zoom, Microsoft Teams, remote labs, video conferencing, chats, collaborations, or social learning technologies) to transmit instruction/information.
  • Hybrid – In this type of class, 40-60% of the content must be delivered in a face-to-face (classroom) environment. The remainder of the instruction is conducted online asynchronously utilizing the Canvas LMS.
  • Online – In this class, all instruction is delivered asynchronously via the Canvas LMS. Students may be required to take examinations utilizing a video-proctoring system (i.e., Respondus Monitor), or to take major exams in the College Testing Labs.

Any exceptions to this policy must be approved by Deans’ Council. E-Pack

 

For the purposes of faculty load, based on a full-time faculty load of 90 points for a fall/spring term schedule, a minimum of 45 points must be taught in in-person instruction. Anything over 45 points may be by online learning, subject to approval of the appropriate associate dean and academic dean. If full load taught online in the fall – their full load must be in-person in the spring. 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enacted May 2006; revised June 2007; revised April 2009; reviewed June 2010; revised July 2013; revised July 2023, revised July 2024

 

Policy Goals

Approved June 2007

 

Policy Goals

To efficiently provide media-rich e-content digital learning resources tailored to the objectives of specific Palm Beach State College courses.

Polices

  1. The use of an E-Pack (or equivalent) for an asynchronous course (purely online) must be approved by the campus Dean of Academic Affairs or their delegate on the campus where the course is scheduled prior to the course being offered.
  2. Any E-Pack used must meet Palm Beach State’s objectives and standards for the course.
  3. E-Packs for asynchronous courses should not constitute the entire content of the course and should be integrated into the course or used as supplemental material.
  4. Instructors should be cognizant of any access fees that may be charged by an E-Pack provider and be familiar with the support policies of the provider.

 


Please see Section N: PBSC Online for detailed policies regarding Online Learning.          

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enacted May 2006; revised June 2007; revised April 2009; reviewed June 2010; revised July 2013; revised July 2023, revised July 2024