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Hey Guys,
I'm asking this question for a friend who just confused me on the difference between an online course and distance learning. So far she's taken all of her required courses at the University of Minnesota, in person. For this upcoming fall semester Biochemistry class, there are 3 'live' sections with 100 students in each and an ODL (Online and Distance Learning) section that's capped at 180 students but open to students at the university or outside the state if you registered through the continuing education program. She was fortunate to get into the ODL section because there is already a wait list. The same professor who is teaching one of the live sections is also teaching the ODL section. The sections are identical, except that lecture attendance is mandatory in the live sections and not for ODL, the class just works better with her schedule so she's enrolled in ODL. The same 4 tests and final exam are given in the live and the ODL section, if you are in state, you write the tests live and on campus, while students outside of the state have to find an official proctor center and their tests are then mailed to the professor to be marked.
Is this considered an online course? She's nervous because all of the medical schools that she'd be applying to don't accept online courses, but she's not sure if this is considered an online course because the section title for it says ODL and the live sections say LEC-Regular. She's not sure if it would say ODL on her transcript, it doesn't right now. She's trying to figure out if she should switch to the live section in case taking the ODL section would be considered an online course and not accepted? You know, as I'm writing this, I'm thinking that this would be considered a distance learning course, and if so do medical schools who don't accept online courses accept distance learning courses? The rest of her courses were done in person on campus.
Thank you!
I'm asking this question for a friend who just confused me on the difference between an online course and distance learning. So far she's taken all of her required courses at the University of Minnesota, in person. For this upcoming fall semester Biochemistry class, there are 3 'live' sections with 100 students in each and an ODL (Online and Distance Learning) section that's capped at 180 students but open to students at the university or outside the state if you registered through the continuing education program. She was fortunate to get into the ODL section because there is already a wait list. The same professor who is teaching one of the live sections is also teaching the ODL section. The sections are identical, except that lecture attendance is mandatory in the live sections and not for ODL, the class just works better with her schedule so she's enrolled in ODL. The same 4 tests and final exam are given in the live and the ODL section, if you are in state, you write the tests live and on campus, while students outside of the state have to find an official proctor center and their tests are then mailed to the professor to be marked.
Is this considered an online course? She's nervous because all of the medical schools that she'd be applying to don't accept online courses, but she's not sure if this is considered an online course because the section title for it says ODL and the live sections say LEC-Regular. She's not sure if it would say ODL on her transcript, it doesn't right now. She's trying to figure out if she should switch to the live section in case taking the ODL section would be considered an online course and not accepted? You know, as I'm writing this, I'm thinking that this would be considered a distance learning course, and if so do medical schools who don't accept online courses accept distance learning courses? The rest of her courses were done in person on campus.
Thank you!
