Designation Course Delivery Formats
Comparing highly interactive online courses and online course portals
LOMA’s designation program courses are delivered in one of two ways — as highly interactive online courses or as online course portals — and some LOMA courses offer you the choice! This table helps to explain the features of each delivery format.
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| Feature | Highly Interactive Online Course | Online Course Portal |
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| Course delivery | - Course content is delivered completely online
- Engaging multi-media delivery that may include video scenarios, role plays, and expert interviews
- Features multi-media learning in an appealing conversational tone
- Skills practice and feedback to reinforce the learning, prepare student for the end-of-module tests, and apply to their every day jobs
- Lessons can be completed in short segments of about 1 hour each
- Requires internet connection to access the course
| - Study materials are delivered via an online course portal
- Portal includes a variety of printable and online resources
- Blends the more traditional textbook-based study experience with multi-media and other online features to enhance the learning experience
- Some materials can be downloaded to the learner’s computer for access without an internet connection
- Some courses also offer professionally-printed and bound materials, which may be purchased separately
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| Exam format | - Non-proctored exams included at the end of each module
- System controls prohibit access to course content while taking the test
| - Exams delivered in a proctored exam environment
- Available electronically or on paper
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- Total of 60 exam questions for the course, spread across all end-of-module tests
| - One final, 2-hour exam with a total of 60 questions, covering the entire textbook
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- Exam results are available immediately
| - If electronic, exam results are available immediately
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- Learner can repeat exams until passing score (70%) is achieved, which reinforces learning
| - Learners can re-enroll to repeat the course if passing score (70%) is not achieved the first time.
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| Costs | - Course enrollment fee includes all study materials and examination
| - Course enrollment fee includes all study materials and examination
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