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Distance Learning
Distance Learning is a way of taking courses where you and your instructor may not be in the same location. Distance learning students should be self motivated and independent learners. YTC offers four types of distance learning courses. They are:
- Online Courses: Courses taken via the internet using our learning management system, Desire2Learn. These may be synchronous or asynchronous.
- Hybrid courses: Courses that are a combination of online, lab, and/or lecture.
- Teleclasses: The instructor is at a host site, and sent to various distance sites using two way audio and two way video.
- Telecourses: Textbook or video based instruction.
NOTE: Students who decide to take an online course or a course which has an internet component should have access to a computer. All credit online courses will use Desire2Learn as the learning management system.
Beginning Fall 2011 you must have completed an online course at York Technical College with a grade of C or higher or have completed WEB-100 before you can register for an online course. WEB-100 is a tutorial that allows you to assess whether or not you would be a good candidate for taking online courses. WEB-100 is free and takes between 3 and 5 hours to complete. After being admitted to the college, you can sign up for WEB-100 by logging into WebAdvisor, clicking on students, and then clicking on "Sign up for WEB-100". Place a check the box, click submit, and then OK. Within 24 hours you will see Intro to Online Learning Apps under your Student tab in D2L. You have one week from the day you sign up to complete the tutorial.Maintenance Schedule For Desire2Learn
Dersire2Learn will be unavailable on the following dates for system upgrades: July 4, 2012 and December 20, 2012. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please plan accordingly.
For more
information about Distance Learning,
please contact Ginger Dewey at gdewey@yorktech.edu
or 803-327-8038.