Online Orientation - Section 8

Learning Options

• Locations
  Yuba College is one college in the Yuba Community College District. Other colleges/centers in the District include:
  
  
  • Woodland Community College
  • Clear Lake Center
  • Beale AFB Educational Center

  
  All of the colleges/centers within the District use the same curriculum. Therefore if a class such as Biology 4 is closed at Yuba, but still open at Woodland, and you are able/willing to drive to the Woodland campus, you would be taking the same course.
  

• Teaching Modality
  In addition to regular lecture/lab type courses, Yuba Community College District offers a rapidly expanding number of courses through its Distributive Education Program. These include:
  
  
• Interactive Television Courses (ITV)
  These classes are televised at a set time each week over the local cable system. They are broadcast from two ITV classrooms on the Yuba College campus. Students have the option of sitting in on the class in the ITV classroom, or watching by T.V. The courses are called interactive because students are able to call in and ask questions. Some students opt to record the classes to watch at a more convenient time. Additionally, all ITV courses are recorded at the College, and tapes are available for viewing by students.
  
  
• Online Courses
  These courses are offered over the Internet. Students enrolled in an online class are given a password that lets them enter the course web page. Typically, students are given a period of time (one week or perhaps two weeks) to complete certain chapters/assignments. Once this period of time expires access to that portion of the class material is blocked. Most courses set up a chat room wherein the instructor poses a question and requires students to discuss the question in the chat room. While the initial intent of offering online courses was to serve students who live too far from campus to commute, experience has demonstrated that many online students are “regular” students who enroll in several traditional lecture classes and then complete their schedule for the semester by adding one or two online courses. Students who have good time management and organizational skills do well in the online environment. Students lacking those particular skills tend to not do very well.

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