Online Learning Orientation
~ Introduction ~
Same semester schedule but ... with an internet connection and an available computer, you can take classes at anywhere at anytime, work hard and earn credits. Build your study schedule around your work or family responsibilities within the course's specific calendar.
Taking online courses can at first seem challenging but there are many benefits. SUNY Ulster wants to make sure you get all your concerns met as you take on this great alternative to learning in the classroom.
Handy Links
Calendar ~ Click here for a week by week schedule of tasks in preparation for taking an online class. This is very helpful for the beginning online student.
SUNY Ulster Criteria to Register for Online Classes ~ Click here to see the suggested guidelines for taking online courses.
Suitability Self-Test ~ Click here to take a test developed by the University of Illinois that could help determine if online courses are right for you.
Fully Online Course Listing ~ Click here to see a listing of all the fully online courses being offered this semester through SLN, the SUNY Learning Network. (See below for definition of fully online courses.)
Blended Course Listing ~ Click here to see a listing of all the Blended courses being offered this semester at SUNY Ulster. (See below for definition of fully online courses.)
OASIS (Online Associate in Science in Individual Studies) ~ Click here to see how this program provides students with the opportunity to earn a degree completely online through the SUNY Learning Network (SLN). The flexibility of the program allows students to select courses that meet their educational and professional goals.
Resources at SUNY Ulster ~ SUNY Ulster has wonderful resources accessible through links on our website. Students who are able to visit the campus will have the opportunity for face to face meetings with faculty and staff, and can make use of many Student Services located on the campus.
- The Learning Center is designed to help students with any aspect of learning. The Learning Center’s website provides links to many resources to succeed in all your courses.
- The Library is full of helpful staff and a huge repository of databases of subject specific content.
Contact Us ~ Click here to contact Online Orientation and Distance Learning staff.
* Fully Online Courses ~ Fully online courses take advantage of online technology, and through the SUNY Learning Network, connect college instructors and students to each other through their computers. No time is spent in the classroom. As an online student, you can get and complete homework assignments, participate in class discussions, do research, and question your instructors all online. Even exams and papers may be completed through the electronic connection. SUNY Ulster even has complete degree programs that can be achieved online.
** Blended Courses ~ Blended (hybrid) courses are courses in which a significant portion of the learning activities have been moved online, and time traditionally spent in the classroom is reduced but not eliminated. The goal of hybrid courses is to join the best features of in-class teaching with the best features of online learning to promote active independent learning and reduce class seat time.
Using computer-based technologies, instructors use the hybrid model to redesign some lecture or lab content into new online learning activities, such as case studies, tutorials, self-testing exercises, simulations, and online group collaborations.
