School of Graduate Studies in
the Health Sciences
DOCUMENT TYPE: Policy
REVIEW PERIOD: 1 year
TITLE: Distance Education
PURPOSE: To provide guidance for
administration, faculty, and students who are involved with distance education
courses and programs.
POLICY: All students receiving instruction through
distance education shall be provided comparable
access to the student support services available to face-to-face students.
To this end, School of
Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences will ensure:
- Distance
education courses and programs
are in accord with Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACSCOC), Commission on Colleges Principles
of Accreditation and Southern Regional Education
Board Principles of Good Practice;
- Academic rigor and quality of instruction
in all electronically delivered courses/programs are
equal to that of face-to-face offerings;
- Educational
effectiveness of electronically delivered
courses/programs is assessed on
an on-going basis;
- Student
identity verification is implemented in all online courses;
- Resources
needed to support the electronic delivery
of courses/programs are
identified and allocated; and
- Professional
development for faculty engaged
in electronically delivered courses/programs is identified and supported.
Unless otherwise specified, all current policies that apply to traditional
face-to-face delivery of academic coursework shall also apply to
coursework that is delivered electronically.
SCOPE: All SGSHS Students
REFERENCES:
Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools [Internet]. Decatur: SACSCOC; c2002-2012
[updated 2017 December; cited 2014 October 23]. The Principles of
Accreditation: Foundation for Quality Enhancement. Available from http://www.sacscoc.org/pdf/2018PrinciplesOfAcreditation.pdf
Southern
Regional Educational Board [Internet]. Atlanta: SREB; c1998 [updated 2012 June
22; cited 2014 October 23]. Principles of Good Practice--The Foundation for
Quality for Southern Regional Education Board's Electronic Campus. Available
from https://www.sreb.org/publication/principles-good-practice
and https://www.sreb.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/principles_of_good_practice_6.22.2012_final.pdf
University
of Mississippi Medical Center [UMMC Intranet]. UMMC Policy and Procedure
Manuel: Distance Education. [updated 2019 July 29; cited 8 May 2019]. Available
from https://documents.umc.edu/ViewPolicy.aspx?pid=E-AA-GEN-GEN-PO-00034