Contact:

Randall Upchurch, Ph.D., Director
Center for Distributed Learning
3100 Technology Parkway, Suite 234
Orlando, FL 32826-3271
Phone: 407-823-4910
e-mail: rupchurc@mail.ucf.edu
Web site: http://online.ucf.edu

Center for Distributed Learning

UCF’s Virtual Campus is supported and facilitated by the Center for Distributed Learning. The Center’s mission is to provide support to students, faculty, and staff in the development and planning of distributed learning courses and programs. The Center serves as a clearinghouse for processes and resources, providing planning and marketing support for off-campus and distributed learning credit programs. The Center also coordinates the University’s standards and accreditation changes resulting from Web-based instruction.

Online@UCF, The Virtual Campus

The UCF Virtual Campus at http://online.ucf.edu/ provides opportunities for students to learn about credit courses and degree and certificate programs that are delivered over the Internet. The instructional design of these courses maintains a high-quality learning environment for nontraditional and campus-based students. The course materials and methods were developed by UCF faculty to maximize the learner’s achievement of course and program objectives.

Online courses are identified in the Class Schedule Search available at https://my.ucf.edu by selecting for Mode of Instruction in the advanced search dialogue. Use the drop-down list to search for the descriptive value of "World Wide Web (W)." Complete listings of all fully and partially Web-based classes from the class schedule are also excerpted and available on the Virtual Campus Web site at http://online.ucf.edu . Students who plan to enroll in any course with a Web component must have access to the Internet, a Web browser such as Internet Explorer, basic Web-browsing knowledge, ability to use e-mail, and basic computer skills such as word processing. For additional information, refer to the Learning Online Web site (http://learn.ucf.edu).

Degree Programs Offered Through Distributed Learning

Visit http://online.ucf.edu/ for information on the Virtual Campus courses and programs. Currently five undergraduate degree completion programs are offered via distributed learning at UCF:

B.S. in Technical Education and Industry Training
R.N. to B.S.N. in Nursing (Some class attendance requirements)
B.S. in Health Services Administration
B.A. or B.S. in Liberal Studies
B.S. in Radiologic Science (Some class attendance requirements)

The department of Engineering Technology also offers several undergraduate degree programs at a distance.