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     Television off-campus courses are courses which use a Public Broadcasting System (PBS) television program or other recorded video with on-campus class meetings as determined by the instructor.  Course activities are designed to be completed by students off-campus  without traditional weekly class meetings.  Higher Education Instructional Television (HEITV) has been supplying television off-campus courses for the State College System for many years.  These courses are available on WNPB and on-line credit can be earned through participating State College System institutions.

     Electronic internet courses are courses which use electronic communications and the Internet with video, audio and other distance education methods, as appropriate.  Computer resources and PPP/SLIP connectivity are required.  Some courses will require on-campus class meetings; others will be available completely by distance modalities.  Electronic courses are divided into two categories:  West Virginia Northern online courses and Southern Regional Electronic Campus (SREC) internet courses.   SREC courses are West Virginia Northern courses which have been evaluated and accepted on the State level for inclusion on the SREC.  These courses are freely transferable throughout the state institutions in the 14 southern region states.   West Virginia Northern Community College online electronic courses may have an on-campus requirement, but SREC  internet electronic courses do not.

     Specific information about distance education internet courses can be found at http://www.wvnorthern.edu/ai/srec/index.cfm?

Updated: Wednesday, June 16, 2004   © WVNCC 2003   Author: CICT Staff  WEBMASTER