A sense of community in the classroom, and the ability to learn from others, is paramount. Personally, one of the most valued parts of education is the classroom setting.
It was the intentionality of the teacher that made me feel as though I knew the other students in my class by the end of the week. The modular format, paired with discussion time and presentations in class helped ensure that the classroom experience was both interesting and enriching. One might think that an online class is less relational and less engaging, but Horizon helped to make sure that this wasn’t the case. I can imagine the transition during the pandemic was difficult for any school, but it felt quite natural to take an online course at Horizon via Zoom. The staff went over and above to ensure I would be enrolled and ready to take the class. “In the summer of 2020 I applied to take a seminary course at Horizon. The purpose of these submissions is to demonstrate thoughtful engagement with the class material. In order to pass the course, VOD students must submit VOD weekly submissions. MODULE COURSES: Including the module week, each week for five weeks, VOD students are required to watch and engage with the recording from one full day of the module. VOD students will have assignment due dates similar to in-class students and are required to watch and engage with all of the recordings within a certain time-frame each day or week.
Lectures are captured each day for the on-campus course, edited, and uploaded to our video site. VOD is available for most (not all) courses that are running on-campus and as live-stream video. NOTE: The deadline to register for VOD courses is three weeks prior to the start of the course. Our course schedules indicate those courses that are accessible by VOD. In comparison to Online Video courses (more info below), VOD courses allow you to interact with the class and professor that you are watching on video, because you are following the same general schedule as the on-campus course. If you are not able to join a class online during the day via live-stream, then later in the day or even later in the week you could watch the class on Horizon’s Video Centre through Video on Demand (VOD).