Welcome to LearnOnline
The LearnOnline website has been designed as a resource
for students taking online courses, perhaps for the first time.
Online courses, which are primarily delivered
via the Internet using Blackboard, offer you an alternative means to gain
U of S course credits at home. The courses are specifically chosen
to ensure you as a student have a viable option as you complete your
undergraduate degree or selected certificate program. Each course
will be different depending on the content requirements and the learning
expectations of the instructor.
An online course can take many forms
and combinations. An online course can :
- be a strictly text-based course.
- be online text
combined with a reading package or textbook, video cassettes, audio
cassettes, or CD-ROM.
- include graphics, animation, simulations,
or tutorials.
- be face-to-face and contain a web component.
Course material, research, or background readings might be available
online in addition to scheduled in-class discussions and presentations
 Interaction is a key attribute of well-designed courses. Through
live online chats or discussion forums, you can discuss issues or
debate ideas with your instructor and fellow classmates. For live
chats, both students and the instructor are online at the same time(synchronously).
With discussion forums, the instructor and the students are usually
not accessing the course site at the same time, providing time to
think and reflect on answers prior to responding online (asynchronously).
Course and registration information
For information on distance learning
courses offered at the University of Saskatchewan, visit: www.distancelearning.usask.ca.
Accessibility
Online courses have been developed with W3C accessibility guidelines
in mind. For more information about these guidelines, please see: ccde.usask.ca/ExtensionDivision/about/accessibility/index.html |
