{"id":3025,"date":"2021-04-20T16:37:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T16:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=3025"},"modified":"2025-03-17T18:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T22:50:13","slug":"online-live-course-modality-to-debut-in-fall-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/20\/online-live-course-modality-to-debut-in-fall-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Online Live!&#8221; Course Modality to Debut in Fall 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column3025_178a45-38 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column3025_178a45-38 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3025_178a45-38 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3025_178a45-38 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3025_178a45-38 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3025_178a45-38 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3025_178a45-38 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3025_178a45-38{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3025_178a45-38 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column3025_178a45-38 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3025_178a45-38 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3025_9b8566-ee, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3025_9b8566-ee[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3025_9b8566-ee\"]{font-size:1.5rem;line-height:1.2;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:proxima-nova;color:#808080;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3025_9b8566-ee mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3025_9b8566-ee[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3025_9b8566-ee\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3025_9b8566-ee img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3025_9b8566-ee[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3025_9b8566-ee\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading3025_9b8566-ee wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3025_9b8566-ee\">As Wilmington University continues to develop and deliver convenient, student-centered learning opportunities, faculty and staff have collaborated to launch a new course delivery model called&nbsp;\u201cOnline Live!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While many of WilmU&#8217;s current online courses involve regular live meetings between faculty and students, this new modality will feature a scheduled weekly synchronous online class meeting that is listed in the course catalog for students to plan for in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first round of&nbsp;&#8220;Online Live!&#8221;&nbsp;courses will be offered in fall 2021 and will contain pilot courses from all colleges.&nbsp;The wheels were in motion before the COVID-19 pandemic as Dr. Sallie Reissman, assistant vice president and dean of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilmu.edu\/coel\/index.aspx\">College of Online and Experiential Learning<\/a>, led a workgroup that studied course modalities and sought out student feedback, instructor insights, and academic\/industry research. 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