Special Academic Offerings Service-Learning "Service-learning" means a living-andlearning mode of inquiry:
• under which students learn and de-
velop through active participation in thoughtfully organized service experiences that meet actual community needs and course learning objectives;
• that is integrated into the student’s academic curriculum and provides structured time for a student to reflect on his or her experiences through many possible debriefing methods;
• that enhances what is taught in class by extending student learning beyond the classroom and into the community and helps foster the development of a service to others; and
• that provides students with opportunities to use newly acquired skills and knowledge in real-life situations in their own communities. Service-learning reflects the College’s mission to prepare graduates to be responsible citizens who can confidently face challenges presented by a complex, global society. Service-learning courses are available in all academic divisions.
Low-Residency Courses These courses use a variety of technologies, including the Moodle course management system, learning methodologies, online collaboration and instructor facilitation to achieve learning results in a truly flexible manner. Students may be required to attend sessions on campus on a limited basis as determined by the instructor. Some
courses are entirely online using course management software. Student Enrollments in Low-Residency and Online Courses Students assigned to courses must demonstrate readiness for online, hybrid, and distance education courses at Southern Vermont College. Students should be able to demonstrate the ability to be selfdirected with study, responsible for learning, effective communicators, careful readers, and in possession of adequate skills for study and collaborative, laboratory learning. First-year students may enroll in online, hybrid, and distance education courses only in the summer session after the first full academic year and only after students have completed the orientation program. Second-year students may enroll in a maximum of one online, hybrid, and distance education course per semester. Third- and fourth-year students, after consultation with their faculty advisors, may enroll in two online, hybrid, and distance education courses which meet their academic program requirements, though in any given semester in which students are enrolling in their first online, hybrid, and distance education course they may only enroll in one such course. (In all cases, demonstrated competency would be required before taking an online course, which assumes completion of online program mentioned earlier in this paragraph.)
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