Course Formats
天美传媒 uses a variety of instructional technologies to accommodate various learning preferences and busy schedules, increase choices, and eliminate some of the confines of time and distance. WVC course delivery options are listed below:
A traditional style of course delivery in which all classroom instruction takes place
on campus at set hours and days of the week and for which there are attendance expectations.
Most WVC face鈥恡o鈥恌ace courses use some kind of instructional technology (ex: Canvas
and email, both of which require the internet).
Most (if not all) instruction for this course format takes place on the internet.
Online courses use a web鈥恇ased course management system like Canvas. Within the online
classroom students submit assignments, interact with one another, and communicate
with their course instructor electronically. Online courses are not self鈥恜aced; they
follow a weekly schedule and academic calendar. However, the flexibility comes via one's
ability to manage their learning time as long as course work is completed by predefined
due dates.
These courses combine face鈥恡o鈥恌ace meetings with an independent, online component.
For example, a traditional 5鈥恈redit course will usually meet 5 times per week, but
when converted into a hybrid course, half of those weekly sessions might be replaced
by work done independently in an online course management system (CMS) like Canvas. A
student in a hybrid course communicates with the instructor and peers in the same
way as in an online course (ex: email, discussion forums, and chat).
* Note: Online courses apply the same policies concerning admission requirements, applicable student learning objectives, and academic rigor as on鈥恈ampus courses.