{"id":50205,"date":"2023-09-09T03:27:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T07:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pupr.edu\/?page_id=50205"},"modified":"2024-11-22T03:18:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T07:18:55","slug":"veil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pupr.edu\/es\/services\/veil\/","title":{"rendered":"VEIL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"50205\" class=\"elementor elementor-50205\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29b1073 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"29b1073\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><h1>Distance Education<\/h1><p class=\"p1\">Distance education is an integral and congruent component with of the <a href=\"https:\/\/pupr.edu\/es\/about\/mission\/\"><span class=\"s1\">PUPR\u2019s mission<\/span><\/a>. Thus, in addition to on campus courses, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (PUPR) offers <span class=\"s1\">fully online and hybrid courses<\/span>, both at the graduate and the undergraduate levels. The latter delivery formats open a new door to college educational opportunities to students with time and distance constraints imposed by job and family obligations, among other constraints.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Virtual Education and Innovative Learning Center (VEIL)<\/strong><\/p><p>VEIL is responsible for the management, design, and development of projects arising from the academic offering using distance education as its teaching methodology, in all three PUPR campuses. The institution provides through its Virtual Education and Innovative Learning Center, an ongoing program of orientation, training and technical support services for students taking online\/hybrid courses and faculty teaching distance courses.<\/p><p>VEIL supports online academic programs through its human and technological resources. The Center has specialists in the use and management of the <a href=\"https:\/\/virtualcampus.pupr.edu\/webapps\/login\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blackboard platform<\/a>, Instructional Systems Design, Graphic Design, Multimedia Integration, and Instructional Technology. The Center works as a production site of course development where sound instructional design principles are used along with Quality Matters\u2122 Standards resulting in courses that meet distance education programs excellence Standards.<\/p><p>The online\/hybrid courses provide interaction between faculty and learners and among learners through activities that encourage critical thinking and problem solving, as defined in the course objectives. The interaction between learners and the instructor and between learners takes place through diverse media; feedback to students is constructive and timely. The learning modules incorporate multimedia teaching technology to create images with the content, audio, video or capsules with educational content expert, computer graphics and interactivity tools.<\/p><p>The institution\u2019s Learning Management System (Blackboard) is used to organize an online learning environment that provides the means to track users, assess performance, deploy content, and access general administrative functions such as management of user\u2019s records and enable the creation of learning content; use of interactive features such as threaded discussions, and discussion forums.<\/p><p>Student support services include training on how to use Blackboard to successfully complete an online\/hybrid course. Prior to enrolling in an online\/hybrid course, students must attend one of the Blackboard Students Workshop offered by VEIL multiple times every academic term. Additional training and technical support is provided to students regarding academic integrity tools and any other technical aspect associated with successfully participating in institutional online\/hybrid courses available through Blackboard. The institution continually improves software and hardware to support greater access and uptime, including portal and servers reliability.<\/p><p><a class=\"orange-button\" href=\"http:\/\/virtualcampus.pupr.edu\" target=\"\"><br \/>Log In to Blackboard<br \/><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-6172\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Students<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-6172\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-6172\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><div class='widget-content'><h1><span lang=\"EN-US\">Distance Learning Students<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Every student who wants to register for online courses is required to possess basic knowledge for the use of programs such as word processors, presentation creation, and e-mail management.&nbsp; Also, the student must have skills in searching for information from webpages with a navigator or browser.<\/p>\n<p>It is also the student\u2019s responsibility to verify the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pupr.edu\/virtual\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/System-Requirements-Blackboard.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">minimum systems requirements<\/a> to access course information residing in Blackboard, read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pupr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Policy-and-Procedure-Academic-Integrity.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Policy to Support the Academic Integrity of Online Course<\/a> and install the tools needed to verify and ascertain the identity of the student enrolled in the online\/hybrid course (<a href=\"https:\/\/pupr.edu\/es\/virtual\/respondus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Respondus<sup>\u2122<\/sup>Lockdown Browser<\/a>), among others.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-6173\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Academic Integrity<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-6173\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-6173\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><div class='widget-content'><h1>Academic Integrity in Distance Education<\/h1>\n<p>Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico seeks to foster a spirit of honesty and integrity. Any work submitted by a student must represent an original work produced by that student. Consequently, to maintain the academic integrity in distance learning courses, the University has developed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pupr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Policy-and-Procedure-Academic-Integrity.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Policy and Procedure to Support the Academic Integrity of Online Courses<\/a>. The Policy and Procedures seek to verify and ascertain the identity of a student enrolled in an online\/hybrid course, as well as monitoring performance of students who take remote exams, as required by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-6174\" aria-expanded=\"false\">State Authorization<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-6174\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-6174\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><div class='widget-content'>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <h1>State Authorization for Online Programs and Courses<\/h1>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nc-sara.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA)<\/a>&nbsp;is an agreement among member states, districts and territories that establishes comparable national standards for interstate offering of postsecondary distance education courses and programs. It is intended to make it easier for students to take online courses offered by postsecondary institutions based in another state. PUPR has been approved by Puerto Rico Council of Education (CEPR in Spanish) to participate in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pupr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/NC-SARA-Approved-Institution-logo-round.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pupr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/NC-SARA-Approved-Institution-logo-round.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pupr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/NC-SARA-Approved-Institution-logo-round.png 782w, https:\/\/www.pupr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/NC-SARA-Approved-Institution-logo-round-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/www.pupr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/NC-SARA-Approved-Institution-logo-round-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/www.pupr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/NC-SARA-Approved-Institution-logo-round-48x48.png 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\"><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-6175\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Contact<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-6175\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-6175\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><div class='widget-content'><h1>Contact<\/h1>\n<h4>Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguez Arroyo \u2013 VEIL Director<\/h4>\n<p>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:jarroyo@pupr.edu\">jarroyo@pupr.edu<\/a><br>\nPhone: (787) 622-8000 ext. 243<\/p>\n\n\n<h4>Sa\u00fal Castellanos \u2013 Lead Learning Technologist<\/h4>\n<p>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:scastellanos@pupr.edu\">scastellanos@pupr.edu\n<\/a><br>Phone: (787) 622-8000 ext. 222<\/p>\n\n<h4>Heriberto Sanabria \u2013 Blackboard System Administrator<\/h4>\n<p>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:hsanabria@pupr.edu\">hsanabria@pupr.edu<\/a><br>\nPhone: (787) 622-8000 ext. 389<\/p>\n\n<h4>Juan Pag\u00e1n \u2013  Blackboard Jr. Administrator<\/h4>\n<p>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:jupagan@pupr.edu\">jupagan@pupr.edu<\/a>\n<br>Phone: (787)622-8000 ext. 242<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Virtual Education and Innovative Learning Center Home Students Academic Integrity State Authorization Contact Home Distance EducationDistance education is an integral and congruent component with of the PUPR\u2019s mission. Thus, in addition to on campus courses, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (PUPR) offers fully online and hybrid courses, both at the graduate and the undergraduate levels. 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