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More information regarding these updates can be found in the “Regular Regular and Substantive Interaction Update: Where Do We Go from Here?” article by WCET.
What does this mean going forward?
It is important that as designers and developers of online learning, we understand and communicate these terms and expectations of interaction levels with course instructors and consider these standards while designing each course. This will ensure that our online courses that are intended to be categorized as distance education courses are correctly identified as such within the federal regulations.
Additional References:
Regular and Substantive Interaction Update: Where Do We Go from Here? from WCET
Interpreting what is Required for “Regular and Substantive Interaction” by WCET
Regular and Substantive Interaction in Online and Distance Learning from The Ohio State University
Regular & Substantive Interaction from the State University of New York (SUNY)
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