What is Regular and Effective Contact?

It's About Student Success

Regular and effective contact is a California Title 5 educational requirement that requires instructors to incorporate instructor-initiated, regular, effective contact into online and hybrid course design and delivery.

Meaningful Regular and Effective Contact can improve student learning and is the first step to "humanizing" your course.

 

Cuyamaca's Regular and Effective Contact policy states:

Any portion of a course conducted through distance education will include demonstrable and documented regular effective contact between instructor and students.

Meaningful interaction distinguishes a Distance Education course from a Correspondence Course, which does not qualify for financial aid.  Teachers are expected to interact with students weekly by offering instructional content and activities, answering questions, monitoring students, and providing feedback.

Recent changes to Title 5 also require the teacher to include opportunities for regular student to student interaction.

This module covers ways you can structure your course activities to ensure student success and meet the Title 5 requirements.