The Virtual Campus is designed for students who want to take a College of the Redwoods' course, but for a variety of reasons either cannot take the course on campus or prefer the distance education environment. If you have a full-time job, family obligations, schedule conflicts, disabilities, live far from a College of the Redwoods' campus, prefer distance education classes, or even simply want to try something new, an online course at CR may be a good choice.

Online classes have the same course objectives, curriculum, and often the same class syllabus as the classroom sections of the course. Classes are semester-long, beginning with the regular classes and ending during finals' week. The difference is the method of course delivery. For most online sections, learning is primarily through instructor-directed reading, writing, and class participation. Most or all assignments and exams are web-based.  To succeed you need to have:

• the ability to work independently with self discipline and good organizational skills
• college-level reading and writing skills
• easy use of a computer with internet (preferably broadband) and email access  
• the basic skills to access and navigate websites, send and receive email, and send email attachments
• the ability to read carefully and follow written instruction

For more information regarding distance education at College of the Redwoods, you can contact Maggie Lynch, the Dean of distance education at Maggie-Lynch@redwoods.edu.