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Resources and
information for distance learning faculty
Faculty policies resulting from the UD Online Task
Force
Effective
September 3, 2008
Class
enrollment limits
- Student
enrollment in a UD Online course should not exceed the maximum
enrollment of the equivalent "live" course.
- For
online courses that do not have an equivalent "live"
course, student enrollment will require the approval of
the department chair and the dean of the college, if enrollment
exceeds 40 students.
- UD
Online courses that are not part of the faculty workload
will be limited to one course per semester per faculty,
subject to the approval of the department chair.
- Enrollment
will be automatically set at a maximum of forty (40) students
per course. Enrollment can be higher with the approval of
the faculty member, the department chair, and the dean of
the college.
Registration
restrictions
- Enrollment
of freshmen and sophomores in online courses during the
fall and spring semester is restricted.
- If
a freshman or sophomore requests to enroll in an online
course, it must be approved by the Assistant Dean in the
student's "home" college.
Faculty
payment
- UD
Online and the Office of the Registrar ensure that faculty
teaching online courses are paid in a timely manner.
- S-contracts
are generated by UD Online on the fifth working day after
the Census/Free Drop-Add date.
- On
the day after the Withdraw without Academic Penalty Date,
an additional pay form is generated to compensate faculty
for students who have been added to courses after the original
s-contracts were generated .
Course
evaluation
- Departments
need to ensure that there is a systematic process for the
evaluation and assessment of online courses.
- UD
Online staff, in coordination with the academic units, will
review and re-certify online courses every third time that
they are offered.
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