The Mount offers courses using a variety of course delivery modes that incorporate online resources to enhance access for all students.
Online courses can be offered in one of four delivery modes: synchronous online, asynchronous online, multi-mode online, and multi-access.
In-class courses can be offered in one of three delivery modes: face-to-face, multi-access, and blended. Find out more about the general descriptions of course delivery modes.
A face-to-face course is delivered in a physical location on or off campus. The instructor and students meet in person, as a group, at an assigned time and location. Technology in face-to-face courses can be actively used or hardly used at all. Face-to-face learning supports social connections and facilitates immediate feedback from instructors to guide student learning.
Contact your instructor or the department offering the course for more information about how your course will be offered using this mode of delivery.
A blended course is delivered partially face-to-face and partially online. The instructor and students meet in person, as a group, at a reduced number of assigned times and locations. These face-to-face meetings are supported by online interactions, which may or may not be in real-time. Blended learning expands access to the course, while also creating opportunities for immediate feedback from instructors to guide student learning.
Contact your instructor or the department offering the course for more information about how your course will be offered using this mode of delivery.
It is a scheduled course with weekly meetings. You will meet online with your instructor at assigned times using virtual meeting software. You can join your class from wherever you are located.
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It is a self-guided and self-paced course without scheduled meetings. You can work on tasks whenever suits your situation in order to meet set deadlines.
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It is a scheduled course with less frequent synchronous meetings. For example, your class may meet once a week rather than twice, or in some cases you might only meet a few times per term. You may find that your in-class synchronous time is devoted to mandatory participation.
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It is a scheduled course with two groups of students, one on-campus and one online. As an online student, you will either attend synchronously or participate asynchronously, depending on the course. You will have to ask your professor what the expectations are for online students in your class.
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