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23 DENVER SEMINARY ONLINE LEARNING Distance courses and programs provide students with interactive learning environments that allow for flexibility with work and ministry. Denver Seminary online courses are designed around the principles of learner-centered, active, and adult learning. These courses are not at-your-own-pace but require engaged attendance and regular presence in the online classroom, along with attention to all assignment deadlines. Students in Denver Seminary online programs will need to have regular and reliable access to a computer, internet connection, and necessary software in order to participate in online and blended courses. Distance learning at Denver Seminary includes several different types of courses, all of which allow students to take the entirety of a course at a distance. These include: Asynchronous Online Courses (also referred to as online courses): These are our most flexible courses. They are primarily asynchronous (without regular, required scheduled meetings) with the exception that a few interactive learning activities meet via Zoom (up to three in a semester). These courses have a weekly rhythm of about 50% media and 50% interactive learning activities. Asynchronous Online Courses with Live Labs: These courses are similar to the online courses described above but have a required, weekly, live component (via Zoom) that we call labs. You will have several day/time options to select from for your weekly lab experience. Most of these Online Live Lab courses are language and some upper-level courses that require this consistency of live learning. Denver Live: Denver Live courses require weekly attendance either 1) on-campus or 2) on-zoom. Like residential courses, Denver Live courses have a weekly day and time schedule. Zoom Live: These courses are delivered 100% via Zoom and have designated meeting days and times. Zoom Live class sessions are accessed via the Zoom links in the course Moodle site. Blended: Blended courses are on-campus courses with reduced classroom time which is replaced with asynchronous online elements. Most of these are language courses and in a flipped learning model where you learn the basics through online video, then come to class for a lab/active learning experience. Distance Degree Programs and Course Formats: Certain Denver Seminary degree programs can be completed by taking asynchronous online courses. For example, our Fully Online Master of Divinity program consists of asynchronous courses. However, others may only offer certain courses in Denver Live or Zoom Live formats