New Online Distance Education Class Development. An online class is defined as a class in which 100% of the instruction and interaction between faculty member and student is delivered online. A hybrid class is defined as a course that displaces some, but not all face-to-face class time with web-based tools. When a full-time academic employee accepts an assignment to develop a new hybrid or online class, i.e. one which has not been taught online before, the employee may choose to receive release time for one quarter equal to the instructional load of the new online class, or receive compensation in accordance with the part-time salary schedule, as described in 4.81 (f) A full-time academic employee shall not receive both release time and compensation, regardless of funding source. Compensation may be available to academic employees who provide significant enhancements or improvements to an existing online or hybrid course, contingent upon funding availability and approval by the employee’s management supervisor.
