Illinois Administrative Code
Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
Part 1095 - PRIVATE BUSINESS AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
Subpart A - SCHOOL APPROVAL
Section 1095.70 - Requirements for Technologically Mediated Instruction Offered from a Distance
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
In addition to meeting other requirements in Section 1095.60, programs offered through electronically mediated distance learning must, at a minimum, meet the following requirements:
a) The institution assures adequacy of technical and physical plant facilities, including appropriate staffing and technical assistance, to support its electronically offered programs.
b) The institution provides students, faculty and staff with effective technical support and training for each educational technology hardware, software and delivery system required in a program. The help desk function is available to students during hours when it is likely to be needed, which shall be, at a minimum, 18 hours a day.
c) Appropriate measures for security of systems and adequacy of support are maintained. The selection of technologies is based on appropriateness for the students, faculty and curriculum.
d) Faculty are full participants in decisions regarding curricula and program oversight.
e) Demonstration of student learning and program outcomes is appropriate to the field and consistent regardless of program delivery method.
f) Appropriate admission processes, policies and assessments are used to ensure that students are capable of succeeding in an on-line learning environment. Students are adequately informed of the nature and expectations of on-line learning.
g) Assessments of student learning, especially exams, take place in circumstances that include definite student identification and assurance of the integrity of student work.
h) Assessment of electronically offered programs by the institution occurs in the context of the regular evaluation of all academic programs.
