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Types of Online Courses Available at McDowell Technical Community College

ONLINE INTERNET

An online course is one in which instruction is delivered over the Internet. Students communicate with the instructor and fellow classmates via e-mail and a discussion forum. Assignments are created in a word processor, such as Microsoft Word, and sent electronically to the instructor using the Assignment feature in Blackboard, a software program used to deliver distance learning classes. The instructor will specify how assignments should be submitted.

HYBRID

An online course is one in which instruction is delivered over the Internet. Students communicate with the instructor and fellow classmates via e-mail and a discussion forum. Assignments are created in a word processor, such as Microsoft Word, and sent electronically to the instructor using the Assignment feature in Blackboard, a software program used to deliver distance learning classes. The instructor will specify how assignments should be submitted.

INFORMATION HIGHWAY (NCIH)

Information Highway courses are teleconferences, delivered in a special classroom on campus. The classroom, also called the North Carolina Information Highway (NCIH) room, enables an instructor at one location to teach to one or more other locations. It is full two-way, audio/video communication. These courses do meet on the MTCC campus on specific days and at specific times.

WEB-ASSISTED

A Web-assisted course is a seated course that meets on campus; however, the instructor will make certain course content available online. For example, instructors often use Blackboard in a seated class to post a syllabus, to make lecture notes available, to post announcements, to offer students the opportunity to take practice quizzes/tests, or to post grades. Your instructor will give you more details regarding how Blackboard will be used in your class.