Alternative Instructional Methods - Distance Learning


Distance Learning refers to courses offered outside of a traditional classroom setting and delivered using a variety of technologies. Navarro College provides several types of distance learning classes to help fit the needs of our students.

Online (Internet) Courses

Online courses allow students to take courses from virtually anywhere, anytime of the day or night. Students enrolled in online courses must have reliable access to a computer and an internet connection. These courses are NOT self-paced as they are scheduled to run concurrently with on-campus courses during the standard fall, spring, summer, and mini semesters. They include daily or weekly assignments and due dates. Students will gain access to their classes through Navarro College’s Canvas learning management system.

 

Hybrid Courses

Hybrid courses are defined as courses in which more than 50 percent but less than 85 percent of the planned instruction occurs when the students and instructor(s) are not in the same place. In hybrid classes, a significant amount of the course learning activity occurs online, allowing for reduced time spent in the classroom. Hybrid courses provide course materials online, while also offering interactive time with the professor and classmates.

 

Interactive Web Conference Courses

An Interactive Web Conference is a class in which a professor teaches at one location while students in another location receive live, two-way audio and visual instruction via a web conferencing application. The professor and students at the remote location can interact in real time, and each location can hear and see each other.

 

State Authorization of Distance Learning Program

Navarro College is a member of the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA); therefore, we are authorized to provide distance learning courses to students whose official residence is located in a U.S. state or territory outside the State of Texas.

SARA is a voluntary agreement among member states, districts and territories that establishes comparable national standards for interstate offering of postsecondary distance education courses and programs and it is overseen by a National Council and administered by the four regional education compacts Midwestern Higher Education Compact, New England Board of Higher Education, Southern Regional Education Board, and the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.

For a complete listing of member institutions and more information regarding this agreement, please visit the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (NC-SARA) website.

For more information about Navarro College’s Distance Learning Program, please visit the Distance Learning Program page or contact the Executive Dean of Academic Studies at (903) 875-7419.

 

Navarro College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate and baccalaureate degrees. Navarro College also may offer credentials such as certificates and diplomas at approved degree levels. Questions about the accreditation of Navarro College may be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097, by calling (404) 679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC's website.