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}{\plain Distance education is any instructional activity characterized by a separation in time or place 
between the student and instructor or providing institution for all or part of the period of 
study. It may require that faculty travel to outlying sites or that educational materials travel 
by some method of distance communication, or both. \par
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}{\plain Operationally, a distance education course or program at UNC-G is one that is designed to 
be offered or is offered to students at sites away from the UNC-G campus. The fact that the 
course or program may also be accessed from on-campus sites will not exclude the course 
or program from this operati\expnd0 \expnd0 }{\plain onal definition. However, as far as is consistent with the UNC 
General Administration policy, courses taught off-campus in clinical, technical, or 
international settings as a part of what would normally be classified as an on-campus degree 
program are not considered distance education courses. \par
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}{\plain The creation and delivery of distance education programs raise new questions about 
ownership, compensation, control, evaluation, and quality, as well as other rights and 
responsibilities that may not be adequately addressed by existing policies. The purpose of 
this policy is to address these issues:\expnd0 \par
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{\plain All current policies that apply to on-campus or "traditional" education will apply in 
the domain of distance education unless otherwise specified below. \par
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{\plain UNCG is responsible for the technological delivery of courses. Courses must be 
delivered by reliable methods, and the institution must provide technical, academic, 
clerical, and instructional design support services to faculty and students as 
appropriate.\par
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{\plain Student services and instructional materials essential to distance education must be 
made available and accessible to all students and at all sites. 4. UNCG will train 
faculty, staff, and students in the use of information technology and distance delivery 
media as appropriate.\par
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{\plain Decisions to offer courses or programs through distance education will reflect student 
needs and availability of resources. If a degree program is designed to be offered 
entirely by distance education, the enrolled student must be able to satisfy all 
requirements of that degree program.\par
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{\plain The academic unit (the department or school if it is not departmentalized) providing 
distance education will be responsible for maintaining the same high standards for 
all courses, regardless of delivery method, and for ensuring that distance education 
instruction is comparable in quality and content to the corresponding traditional 
oncampus instruction. \par
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{\plain Academic units offering distance education courses will regularly assess the methods 
by which they are delivered and their content.\par
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{\plain The academic unit offering distance education will approve the curriculum and will 
develop and implement fair policies regarding faculty workload and staff support. 
New courses, whatever their planned mode of delivery, must be approved by the 
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee or the Graduate Studies Committee, as 
appropriate. A faculty member must receive approval from his or her department 
head to offer a distance education course.\par
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{\plain When full-time faculty offer distance education courses during fall or spring 
semester, they will do so as part of their regularly compensated responsibilities to 
UNCG, except in rare instances which require the approval of the Provost.\par
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{\plain Policies for faculty evaluation should include appropriate recognition of teaching, 
service, and scholarly or creative activities related to distance education programs or 
courses.\par
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{\plain  Faculty who teach through distance education technologies are responsible for 
acquiring sufficient technical skills to present their subject matter and related 
material effectively, and, as necessary, for consulting with technical support 
personnel.\par
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{\plain  Faculty are responsible for informing students about technical skill prerequisites and 
required hardware, software, and supplementary materials necessary for course 
participation in the catalogue description or syllabus.\par
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{\plain  Faculty who offer distance education should be available to interact individually 
with their students in person or via email or telephone.\par
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{\plain  The Academic Honor Policy applies regardless of whether courses are taught 
traditionally or through distance education.\par
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{\plain  All courses in the Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletins may be offered by distance 
education if feasible. The UNCG Semester Schedule of Classes must indicate which 
sections of courses will be delivered by distance education, but these courses will not 
be distinguished on transcripts from sections of these courses delivered in more 
traditional ways.\par
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{\plain Credit hours granted for courses delivered through distance education will be the 
equivalent to the credit hours for the same courses delivered traditionally.\par
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{\plain Student participation in distance education is likely to be recorded in various ways 
and media, and student participants may be required to post materials electronically. 
Students should be informed in the syllabus (a) that their participation will be 
recorded and (b) of the circumstances under which others may have access to those 
recordings and their postings. Additionally, recordings and postings should be 
destroyed when they are no longer needed.\par
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{\plain As a general rule, the creator(s) of distance education materials used at UNCG own 
the copyright to those materials and retain right of use. However, given the nature of 
distance education, the creator(s) of these materials and UNCG may find it desirable 
to enter into written agreements to protect the interests of all parties involved.\par
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