Definitions
DEFINITIONS OF COURSE MODALITIES
- In-Person – A course in which all standard contact hours are through face-to-face sessions on campus. Students will be expected to attend all face-to-face sessions in person.
- Online Synchronous – A course that is taken through an internet platform such as Moravian University's LMS, Canvas, with live, real-time video conferencing sessions on specific days and times. There are no face-to-face sessions on campus.
- Online Asynchronous – A course delivered through an internet platform such as Moravian University's LMS, Canvas, with no face-to-face sessions nor live, real-time video conferencing sessions.
- Hybrid – A course in which the standard contact hours are divided into face-to-face sessions on campus and an online component. The online component may be either synchronous live sessions or asynchronous materials.
- Hybrid A ("Conventional Hybrid") - The in-person sessions are not offered with dual-modality. Students are expected to attend all the face-to-face sessions on campus in person.
- Hybrid B ("Hybrid with Dual Modality") - All of the in-person sessions are offered with dual-modality. Students may attend the face-to-face sessions in person or through Zoom.
Synchronous Learning vs. Asynchronous Learning in Online Education
Statistics
The National Center for Educational Studies
How many students will attend colleges and universities in fall 2019?
- 19.9 million students will attend colleges and universities in fall 2019 (source).
- 12.1 million students will attend full time (source)
- 7.8 million students will attend part-time
- 16.9 million students in undergraduate programs (source)
- 3.0 million students in graduate programs
- 14.7 million students in public institutions (source)
- 5.2 million students in private institutions
- 6.0 million students in 2-year institutions (source)
- 13.9 million students in 4-year institutions
Online Education
- In 2017 one of every three students has taken at least one online course.
- The increase in the number of students taking at least one online course:
- from 2012 to 2013, 1.1%;
- from 2013 to 2014, 2%;
- from 2014 to 2015, 1.2%;
- from 2015 to 2016, 1.8% ;
- from 2016-2017 1.9%.
Adult Education
Moravian
- Number of total Courses taught online
- 2010: 6
- 2011: 14
- 2012: 24
- 2013: 27
- 2014: 28
- 2015: 48
- 2016: 50
- 2017: 72
- 2018: 92
- 2019: 134
- 99 Instructors have taught at least one course online (Before COVID-19)
- 33 instructors have taught more than 5 courses online (Before COVID-19)