Local Distance Education Policies

Common policies, procedures, and standards that many colleges adopt for their distance education programs include:

Distance Education program mission statement.
Regular effective contact policy (Please refer to the "Regulations Affecting Distance Education" section in Module 5, for more information. This is not an optional policy.)
Policies pertaining to faculty compensation, intellectual property rights, and class size,
Authentication standards. (Please refer to the "Regulations Affecting Distance Education" section in Module 5, for more information.)
Academic honesty policy. (Although not just for DE courses, however some colleges require DE students to accept it before being given access to their online course.)
Technology use policy. (Although not just for DE courses, however some colleges require DE students to accept it before given access to their online course.)