Description

Principal Mode of Delivery of Offshore Course

Details

Version: 4.0
First year: 2015
Last year: 2020
Field name: OFFSHORE-MODE
Element name: Principal Mode of Delivery of Offshore Course

Code format:

Data Type: Numeric
Units: Numeric
Width: 2

Classification

CODE MEANING
00 Course is not an offshore course

Course is delivered offshore and mode of delivery is:

CODE MEANING
01 Internal
02 External – with face‑to‑face component
03 External – with no face‑to‑face component
04 Multi‑modal

Coding notes

Internal mode of delivery: course delivery is principally face‑to‑face, requiring regular attendance at a provider or follows an agreed schedule for the purposes of supervision.

External mode of delivery – with face‑to‑face component: courses offered via distance education, online learning or correspondence, with compulsory attendance at classes during certain blocks of time.

External mode of delivery – with no face‑to‑face component: courses offered via distance education, online learning or correspondence, with no compulsory face‑to‑face component.

Multi modal delivery: delivery is organised comparatively equally between internal and external modes of delivery.

Where a course is delivered in more than one mode at a campus the main mode of delivery is reported.

An offshore course is a course that is offered fully or partially offshore. Courses that are offered from within Australia through distance education are not considered to be offshore courses.

Please refer to the Glossary for further information about terminology used in this document.

Input files

​Higher Education Student:

  • Campus file (CM)

Change History

Details of all versions of this data element can be found on its supporting information page.


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