Common use of Regular and Effective Contact Clause in Contracts

Regular and Effective Contact. Distance Learning faculty must maintain regular and effective professor- initiated, academically-based contact with students throughout the course term. Regular and effective contact equivalent to a traditional class applies to any portion of a course delivered through distance learning and shall be evaluated as part of the regular evaluation cycle. Each professor teaching a Distance Learning course (100% on-line or hybrid) is required to have the same amount of regular and effective instructional hours as in non-distance learning classes. These hours are professor initiated contact with students that include but are not limited to group or individual meetings, orientation and review sessions, seminars or study sessions, field trips, telephone contact, voice mail, email, implementation of instructor-created materials, feedback on assignment, discussion forums, video conferencing, and blogs as described in each instructor’s syllabus.

Regular and Effective Contact. Distance Learning faculty must maintain regular and effective professor- initiated, academically-based contact with students throughout the course term. Regular and effective contact equivalent to a traditional class applies to any portion of a course delivered through distance learning and shall be evaluated as part of the regular evaluation cycle. Each professor teaching a Distance Learning course (100% on-line or hybrid) is required to have the same amount of regular and effective instructional hours as in non-distance learning classes. These hours are professor initiated contact with students that include but are not limited to group or individual meetings, orientation and review sessions, seminars or study sessions, field trips, telephone contact, voice mail, email, implementation of instructor-created materials, feedback on assignment, discussion forums, video conferencing, and blogs as described in each instructor’s syllabus.. The Distance Learning (DL) Committee shall be empowered to conduct a pilot review of a randomly selected sample of 25 DL sections (including hybrid and fully online) for regular effective contact and will utilize form