Distance Education

Use of distance technology, in particular delivery of online courses, may provide unique opportunities for inclusion of students outside the U.S. in graduate education programming at Penn State and bring the added benefit, when such courses include resident students, of enriched learning environments. This activity can be established without a formal agreement. If this activity is developed as part of an agreement, programs should consider how specific courses that currently exist in an online or other distance-delivered format or that could be converted or developed for online/distance delivery might contribute to collaborative graduate education initiatives. Per Policy AD-55, academic units should work with Distance Education/World Campus and the Graduate School (when applicable) in delivering courses that will enroll students who will complete a course totally online and not attend class sessions on a Penn State campus.