NAC394.521. Requirements for offering distance education.

     1. An institution may offer an educational unit using distance education if the:

     (a) Subject matter of the educational unit is appropriate for delivery by distance;

     (b) Institution uses equipment and technology that is adequate to deliver the subject matter by distance;

     (c) Institution develops a process that will be followed to deliver the education;

     (d) Institution develops a process for the instructor to monitor, throughout the period of instruction, whether a student has attained the objectives of the educational unit;

     (e) Institution provides instructors who are qualified to use the equipment and technology that delivers the distance education; and

     (f) Institution has developed adequate safeguards for testing that ensure the integrity of the tests and assessments, including, without limitation:

          (1) A positive means of identification that ensures the student who is enrolled in the distance education actually participates in the distance education;

          (2) If the institution uses proctors, a controlled process by which proctors for the tests are selected, trained and monitored;

          (3) A verifiable process to maintain the confidentiality of the test materials; and

          (4) A process for the periodic review and evaluation of the safeguards for testing.

     2. An institution that offers distance education shall provide proof to the Commission that it has complied with the requirements of this section.

     (Added to NAC by Comm’n on Postsecondary Educ. by R026-00, eff. 4-3-2000; A by R042-11, 5-30-2012)