Learning Centers

Learning Centers offer services to learners but are assisted through the guidance and oversight of the Indiana Partnership for Statewide Education (IPSE) and the colleges and universities that serve as funding agents for monetary support.

Because every Learning Center is formed around the needs of the hosting campus or community, centers differ in many ways. What all these groups have in common are the standards of distance learning and services that Learning Centers share. To become an Learning Center, an interested group can offer students the following services:

Higher education Learning Center requirements

1. A university or college can distribute or receive distance learning courses or have the capability to receive distance learning courses from other universities or colleges.
2. A university or college can help students find distance learning courses on other campuses that are transferable to the institution or individual school.
3. A university or college can find appropriate technology on campus to receive classes. Learning centers need not be under the same roof, but are available to student use, both for on-campus students or students from other institutions who want to receive distance courses.
4. The campus makes available accommodations such as parking and library access for students who use the campus as their learning center.

Off-campus Learning Center requirements

1. An off-campus or independent Learning Center can receive distance learning courses from campuses across the state.
2. An independent Learning Center can offer appropriate learning services, such as informal counseling, Internet access to the ICN Web site, test proctoring, and long-distance phone access for contact with campuses.