Southern Cross School of Distance Education

Providing quality distance education since 1995

Learning in distance education

Studying through distance education is a partnership between students, supervisors and the school.

Supervisor and student information

Information booklets outline the responsibilities of students and their supervisors. They contain information on how to organise learning in distance education, including receiving and submitting work, planning a timetable, how assessment tasks and exams are managed and so on.

Weekly work

Students are required to complete work in every subject each week to meet NESA requirements. Teachers design teaching and learning programs that structure student work into weekly learning activities. As part of their learning, students are expected to engage in live lessons each week and submit evidence of their progress each week.

Feedback

Students in distance education receive feedback from their teachers in a variety of ways. As well as during online lessons, students can receive written and oral feedback on their work and progress. 

Both students and supervisors should carefully read all teacher feedback to make improvements and help learning progress.

Communication

As well as formal feedback on learning, teachers also contact students and supervisors via phone, email, SMS and online messaging. For successful outcomes in distance education, open communication between teachers and their students and supervisors is vital.

Assessment and reporting

Generally, supervisors are responsible for monitoring the authenticity of student work. If your child is struggling with the work, please contact the teacher to discuss adjustments. 

Assessment tasks must be completed by their due date and supervised to ensure it's the students own work. 

For assessment schedules and guidelines visit assessment and reporting.