Oxnard College Distance Education Courses

Oxnard College offers online classes in multiple methods including Fully Online, Partially Online and Online with In-Person Proctored Assessment. The definitions for each are listed below.

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What types of Distance Education courses are there?

Oxnard College offers four types of Distance Education courses:

	Fully Online (FO) Classes: Instruction involving regular and effective online interaction that takes place synchronously or asynchronously and is supported by online materials and activities delivered through the college's learning management system, and through the use of other required materials. All approved instructional contact hours, including online proctored assessments, are delivered through these online interactions. No in-person assessments are required.
	Partially Online (PO) Classes: Instruction involving regular and effective online interaction for some portion of the approved contact hours that takes place synchronously or asynchronously and is supported by materials and activities delivered in person and online through the college's learning management system, and through the use of other required materials. This would include periodic synchronously scheduled meetings for lecture, lab or testing where the instructor and student are together. Any portion of a class that is delivered online must follow a separate approval process. The approved online portion must meet the regular and effective contact regulation. The class schedule indicates when and where the in-person meetings occur and how many hours are to be completed online. Any scheduled or synchronous online meetings should also be included in the schedule of courses.
	HyFlex Classes: Certain hybrid/partially-online classes are designed to provide students with more flexibility in their mode of attendance. These HyFlex classes involve class sessions in which some students attend class meetings in-person with the instructor on campus, and some students attend remotely and synchronously via a live Zoom meeting. HyFlex classes may or may not also include asynchronous course activities in Canvas. This class modality also allows for the possibility for more students to engage in the on-campus classroom as social distancing conditions improve, or it may allow for some students to remain remote via Zoom and Canvas for the entire semester. Please click on the notes section ([enter CRN Note icon here]) of your class to determine whether it is HyFlex. If you are enrolled in a HyFlex class, please contact your instructor for more information regarding when you are required to meet in-person and when you are required to meet remotely via Zoom before coming to campus.
	Online with In-Person Proctored Assessment (OPA) Classes: Instruction involving regular and effective online interaction in which all instruction takes place synchronously or asynchronously and is supported by online materials and activities delivered through the college's learning management system, with in-person proctored assessments. All assessments are offered at approved locations proximal to the student and over a designated range of dates and times. No activities or assessments may be scheduled at a designated time or location.