Episode 28: Understanding Policy

About Episode 28:

“Policy” might or might not be one of your favorite things, but online education professionals must understand policy in order to be effective. In this episode join Tom and Kelvin as they think through the multi-tiered relationships between policy and online education.

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Coffee Links

• Coffee Profile: Ethiopia Harrar (featured in this episode)
• Java Junction Coffee Roasters in Brockport, NY
• What Roasting Dates Can & Can’t Tell You About Coffee

Content Links

• WCET Frontiers Blog (edited by Russ Poulin)
• EDUCAUSE Review Policy Spotlight Column (edited by Jarrett Cummings)
• UCF Distributed Learning Guidelines
• UCF Course Modalities
• Title IV Funding of US Higher Education
• US Department of Education’s Competency-Based Education Experimental Sites

Examples of “Policy” and “Online Ed Policy” at Various Levels

• UCF Institutional Examples
  • UCF Policies (100+)
  • UCF Regulations (100+)
  • Example: UCF Regulation Affecting Online Students (“Tuition Waivers for Specified Online Graduate Programs”)
• Accrediting Body Examples
  • SACSCOC Policies and Publications
  • Example: SACSCOC Policy Affecting Online Students (“Distance and Correspondence Education”)
• State Examples
  • Florida Statutes
  • Example: Florida Statute Affecting Online Students (“1009.24 – State university student fees” [Note: Provides for distance learning fee; defines “distance learning course”])
  • Florida SUS Board of Governors (BOG)
  • Example: Florida SUS BOG Online Education 2025 Strategic Plan
• National Examples
  • US Department of Education: Laws & Guidance
  • National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA)