Common use of Online Education Clause in Contracts

Online Education. Online instructors are expected to log on to the computer and monitor and interact with the students in the course each week of the semester or session when classes are scheduled to be taught. An instructor who has a serious illness that prevents him/her from attending to his/her duties teaching an online class shall account for sick leave in the following manner. For the purpose of sick leave calculation, the online course shall be treated as though it is being taught in a traditional classroom environment. Therefore, for each week of a regular semester length online course that a unit member is unable to log on to the computer and monitor and interact with the online students of the course, the unit member will have contract or additional sick leave, as applicable, applied to the missed hours equal to the following formula: each 1 unit of online class per week equals 1.125 hours of sick leave claimed per week. During a winter or summer session, online instructors are expected to log on to the computer and monitor and interact with the online students of the course for at least the same number of days of instruction as if the course were being held in a traditional manner on campus. If an instructor is ill and unable to perform this duty then sick leave shall be claimed in a way similar to that as if the course were being taught in a traditional manner. Online instructors are required to notify the appropriate administrator, as well as the Distance Education office if they will be absent from online instruction. In cases where the online instructor will be absent from the online course for a period longer than one calendar week, or an equivalent number of days during a winter or summer session, then effort shall be made by the Vice President for Academic Services and the Distance Education office to acquire a substitute instructor to monitor and interact with the online students of the course.

Online Education. Online instructors are expected to log on to the computer and monitor and interact with the students in the course each week of the semester or session when classes are scheduled to be taught. An instructor who has a serious illness that prevents him/her from attending to his/her duties teaching an online class shall account for sick leave in the following manner. For the purpose of sick leave calculation, the online course shall be treated as though it is being taught in a traditional classroom environment. Therefore, for each week of a regular semester length online course that a unit member is unable to log on to the computer and monitor and interact with the online students of the course, the unit member will have contract or additional sick leave, as applicable, applied to the missed hours equal to the following formula: each 1 unit of online class per week equals 1.125 hours of sick leave claimed per week. During a winter or summer session, online instructors are expected to log on to the computer and monitor and interact with the online students of the course for at least the same number of days of instruction as if the course were being held in a traditional manner on campus. If an instructor is ill and unable to perform this duty then sick leave shall be claimed in a way similar to that as if the course were being taught in a traditional manner. Online instructors are required to notify the appropriate administrator, as well as the Distance Education office if they will be absent from online instruction. In cases where the online instructor will be absent from the online course for a period longer than one calendar week, or an equivalent number of days during a winter or summer session, then effort shall be made by the appropriate administrator Vice President for Academic Services and the instructor Distance Education office to acquire a substitute instructor to monitor and interact with the online students of the course.