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Telecourses
Are Telecourses for
You?
Try this
self-assessment to see how ready you are for a telecourse!
FAQs
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What are telecourses?
Videotaped courses for busy students.
Telecourses are college credit courses designed
by nationally recognized educators that cover most areas of the college
curriculum. They include a textbook, study guide, detailed syllabus, and
videotapes available in Moraine Valley's library and some area libraries.
A Telecourse is just a different way to take a class. Telecourses meet only five
times a semester. You can think of the videotapes as replacements for the
lectures you would receive in a regular class.
Who can
register for a telecourse?
Students who are most successful in this type of course are those who:
- are goal directed;
- begin course activities early in the
semester;
- attend the telecourse's first class and other
scheduled meetings;
- keep in touch with their instructor;
- read their syllabus thoroughly; and
- set up a study program and adhere to it.
What type of classes
are offered as telecourses?
Telecourses are available for college credit at Moraine Valley Community College
in the following areas:
- American government
- Composition
- Film
- History
- Geography
- Philosophy
- Psychology
- Science
- Sociology
- Speech
Where do I get the
videotapes?
Telecourse videotapes are available at Moraine Valley's Learning Resources
Center and at these public libraries:
- Blue Island
- Bridgeview
- Calumet Park
- Crestwood
- Evergreen Park
- Justice
- Oak Lawn
- Orland Park
- Prairie Trails (Burbank)
- Tinley Park
- William Leonard
HIS-201, PHI-101, PHI-120, PSC-110, PSY-104,
PSY-105, and SOC-101 are available at Calumet Park, Crestwood, and William
Leonard public libraries.
COM-102, HIS-201, HIS-202, PHI-120, PSC-110, and PSY-104 are available at the
Evergreen Park public library.
PHI-120 is available at the Tinley Park public library.
PHI-101 and PSY-104 are available at the Oak Lawn public library.
Some videotapes also can be viewed on PBS Channel
20.
Video rental and video streaming
information is available at
actmedia@act.org
or
1-800-745-5480. The cost is $55 per course, plus shipping and handling for VHS, DVD and
CD-ROM rentals (shipping & handling charge for one course is $15). Streaming
media access is $35 per course.
Broadband connectivity such as DSL, cable
modem, or wireless connection is necessary for video streaming.
Where do I get help?
Telecourse instructors have evening office hours every week and can be reached
by telephone or e-mail for consultation. Program assistants also are available
during the day and evening to answer questions. The office is located in B260,
or call (708) 974-5710.
How do I register?
To register for a telecourse, call (708) 974-2110 (TT/TDD
for hearing impaired 708-974-9556) or visit the Registration
Office. Registration also is available online by visiting https://webreg.morainevalley.edu.
Telecourse registrants may pick up their syllabus a few weeks before classes
begin. To preview a course syllabus you can go to our
telecourse
schedule and click on a course. Interested students may come to
Alternative Learning in B260 to read a course syllabus and talk
with a program assistant.
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