Teaching Modalities

Classes taught at Cochise College may employ any one of these teaching modalities:

1. Face-to-Face: Classes that meet physically and students are required to attend regular face-to-face sessions.
2. Live Streaming Room-to-Room: A class where students participate in real time either in person or through a web conferencing system. All participants are required to be physically present in a Cochise College classroom or computer center and actively participate in class activities during the scheduled class times.
3. Live Streaming Anywhere: A class where students participate in real time through a web conferencing system. Students may utilize Cochise College computer resources to participate in the class but may also be able to join the class from other locations. All participants are required to be present and actively participate in class activities during the scheduled class times.
4. Online: Classes that require no on-site meetings. These classes may include one or two activities where the instructor and students meet in real time through a web conferencing system, but they are designed to be completed by students who do not need to be physically present. These classes may also require a proctored final examination.
5. Hybrid-Online/Face-to-Face: Classes where content is delivered using both online and face-to-face modalities in approximately equal proportions.
6. Hybrid-Online/Live Streaming Room-to-Room: Classes where content is delivered using both Online and Live Streaming Room-to-Room modalities in approximately equal proportions.
7. Hybrid-Online/Live Streaming Anywhere: Classes where content is delivered using both Online and Live Streaming Anywhere modalities in approximately equal proportions.

In addition to the above, the following types of specialized classes may be scheduled that use one or more of the teaching modalities:

1. Modular: A class where students complete a series of online modules and demonstrate mastery at the conclusion of each module. While these classes are somewhat self-paced, students are expected to reach specific milestones during the term of the class. Modular classes use a Face-to-Face, Online or Hybrid-Online/Face-to-Face modality.
2. Collaborative: Two or more independent classes where instructors conduct joint activities; for example, a reading and sociology collaboration may have reading activities assigned from sociology books. Students must register for both classes. The two classes may be taught using any of the modalities.
3. Concurrent: Two or more classes that meet as one. For example, a basic and advanced section of a class may meet as single class and the instructor would conduct activities appropriate for both sections. These classes can be taught using any of the modalities.
4. Cooperative: A class in which a student completes work-related objectives or projects that are negotiated between the student, an employer related to the student’s field of study, and an instructor. The student regularly submits assignments and other reports to the instructor. These classes are coordinated by the cooperative education office and do not follow any particular modality.