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What is Credit Hour

Handbook of Research on Building, Growing, and Sustaining Quality E-Learning Programs
Amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is an institutionally established equivalency that reasonably approximates not less than: (1) One hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out-of- class student work each week for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester or trimester hour of credit, or ten to twelve weeks for one quarter hour of credit, or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time; or (2) At least an equivalent amount of work as required in paragraph (1) of this definition for other academic activities as established by the institution, including laboratory work, internships, practica, studio work, and other academic work leading to the award of credit hours. ( USDE, 2010 , p. 10 )
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A Framework to Assess Appropriate Interaction to Meet Accreditation Quality Guidelines
Anymir Orellana (Nova Southeastern University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0877-9.ch013
Abstract
Appropriate interaction is one criterion of quality of online courses. The importance of interaction in online education is well documented in research findings; explained in various theoretical approaches and models; and highlighted in best practices from consortia, accrediting agencies, and by practitioners. Despite the availability of guides for quality assessment of online courses, a concern arises when program administrators are faced with the questions: What does appropriate interaction in an online course mean and how does one show evidence of it? How does one guide the implementation of appropriate interaction in order to meet recommended quality guidelines or accreditation standards? To partially answer these questions, this chapter proposes a framework to guide the assessment of appropriate interaction as a criterion of quality online course based on accreditation quality guidelines.
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A measure of how much credit a student receives toward graduation for completion of a particular course—typically conceived as the hourly workload for the course. Three credit hours is a typical designation for a single course while one-hundred twenty credit hours of coursework is required to be awarded the Bachelor’s degree.
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FLEX Path: Capella University's Innovative Pathway to a Degree
The federal definition of a credit hour is as follows: 1) A credit hour is an amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is an institutionally established equivalency that reasonably approximates not less than: a) One hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out of class student work each week for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester or trimester hour of credit, or ten to twelve weeks for one quarter hour of credit, or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time; or b) At least an equivalent amount of work as required in paragraph (1) of this definition for other academic activities as established by the institution including laboratory work, internships, practica, studio work, and other academic work leading to the award of credit hours (Federal Regulation 34B Part 600 Subpart A §600.2).
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Challenges and Opportunities in the Currency of Higher Education
Federally defined as “an amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is an institutionally established equivalency that reasonably approximates not less than—(1) One hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out of class student work each week for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester or trimester hour of credit, or ten to twelve weeks for one quarter hour of credit, or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time; or (2) At least an equivalent amount of work as required in (1) of this definition for other academic activities as established by the institution including laboratory work, internships, practica, studio work, and other academic work.” The implications of the credit hour in CBE relate to federal language allowing institutions to receive financial aid for their students. Problems may arise in the conflict between this specifically time-based definition and flexibly-paced CBE processes ( United States Department of Education, 2010 ).
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