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Onlin e A-G Courses

Onlin e A-G Courses. Session Topics. Overview and key definitions Review process for “a-g” online courses Highlights of key online course types Online courses & “a-g” course lists / UC applications / student transcripts. 2.

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Onlin e A-G Courses

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  1. Online A-G Courses

  2. Session Topics • Overview and key definitions • Review process for “a-g” online courses • Highlights of key online course types • Online courses & “a-g” course lists / UC applications / student transcripts 2

  3. UC priority = accessibility of a broad range of college-preparatory online courses. Online course policy revised in 2012. Focuses on quality of online courses for “a-g” purposes. Incorporates national quality standards for online courses and programs. UC and Online Learning 3

  4. Then & Now: Online Institutions with A-G Course Lists 4

  5. Then & Now: A-G Online Courses *Excludes home-grown online courses 5

  6. What is an online course? More than 50% of instruction is done through Internet-based methods with time and/or distance separating teacher and student. Types of online courses: Key Definitions 6

  7. More Key Definitions • What is an online course publisher? • Develops their own online curriculum and sells or licenses their courses for delivery by a teacher or administrator at a local high school. • What is an online school? • Credit-granting institution offering all or the majority of their courses through Internet-based methods, with time and/or distance separating the teacher and student. 7

  8. Online courses are approved in 2 steps and for a 3-year term: Assessment against iNACOL course standards. Review by UC for final “a-g” approval. Review process applies to both: Home-grown courses developed by online or non-online schools Courses authored by online course publishers Review Process for A-G Online Courses 8

  9. Step #1: Assessment Against iNACOL Standards • Institution conducts self-assessment against 52 iNACOL course standards. • Must fulfill all 15 UC-identified “power standards,” and • Satisfy at least 27 of the remaining standards. • Self-assessment form completed as part of the new course submission form. • Submit self-assessment for review before completing remainder of the course submission form.

  10. Online courses reviewed using same criteria and process as non-online courses. If online & classroom-based courses are the same, one submission for both versions. If online & classroom-based courses are different, separate submissions for each version. Step #2: UC A-G Course Review

  11. Responsibility of online course publisher to undergo 2-step review process for “a-g” online courses every 3 years. Adding an approved online publisher course to a course list: Complete an abridged course submission process. Not required to re-add courses every 3 years. Commercial / Publisher Online Courses

  12. Laboratory Science Online Courses • OK if it has required, teacher-supervised, hands-on labs. • Laboratory science courses from an online publisher • Online publishers may submit courses to UC without lab component. • School required to submit the lab component when adding the publisher’s approved online lab science.

  13. Visual and Performing Arts Online Courses • High school online courses in the visual and performing arts: • Not currently accepted.

  14. Online Courses & the A-G Course List 14

  15. Online Courses & the UC Application 15

  16. Online Courses & Student Transcripts 16

  17. Resources • A-G Guide • http://www.ucop.edu/agguide • Comprehensive website for everything “a-g” • Available as of February 1, 2015: • A-G Course Management Portal (A-G CMP) • https://hs-articulation.ucop.edu/agcmp/ • Submit courses and manage course list information • A-G Course Lists • https://hs-articulation.ucop.edu/agcourselist/ • View any school’s or program’s “a-g” course list

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