Instruction Modes Documentation

A course instruction mode defines how a class is taught.

This may be in-person in a classroom or lecture hall, or online using video conferencing; it may be taught at a specific time (synchronously), or on demand (asynchronously), or any combination of all of these. To best describe these differences, the University of Maine System uses Instruction Modes. 

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• View the instruction modes and their details in the table below.

• Follow an easy-to-use student flowchart or faculty/staff member flowchart, or text-only, accessible guide.

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• Watch a closed captioned instructional video on instruction modes.

Instruction modes:

• Allow students to choose classes that fit their learning goals and their schedule.

• Allow faculty and staff to categorize classes into the best suited Instruction Mode.

For reporting purposes, it is frequently required to know if an instruction mode fits into a simple category: distance education or not distance education. The instruction mode codes shown in the above table fit into those categories as noted in the table below. 

See Also Instruction Mode Codes for UMPI, Fall 2020 & Spring 2021