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What is the teaching and learning strategy for studying via distance learning?

• At the IIE Vega School we encourage and develop individuals to fulfil their potential and enable them to make meaningful contributions within their spheres of influence. We empower individuals to become mindful and ethical active citizens and leaders who challenge established ideologies, narratives, and ways of thinking. We foster creativity and innovation through embracing diverse ideas and solutions in our commitment to the co-creation of knowledge that transforms individuals and society though groupwork. 
• IIE Vega School is committed to student success, student-centredness, and industry-relevance. Therefore, in summary, the teaching-and-learning approach is aligned with constructivist thinking, promoting active learning strategies, the use of technology-enabled learning, reflective practice, and striving to represent best practice in teaching-and-learning in higher education. 
• The flipped classroom approach enables learners to reach out to the content they will learn in the collab environment with the help of asynchronous plans (lecture videos and articles, various electronic data sources, visuals, pictures, and presentations) before class and, thus, ensures effective learning. Consequently, when students come to the collab they can be challenged to a greater extent, emphasizing deep learning and collaborative learning. 
• Self-managed online engagement and staying connect is vital to student’ academic success.  
• You will also be allocated an Online Success Navigator (OSN) whose role is to take care of all your generic non-academic support. 
• Part of your orientation as a new online student, you will receive an Onboarding Pack to work through. Please go through the full Onboarding Pack to familiarise yourself with all relevant information, resources and tools you will have access to during your time as a Distance Learning student. As you have submitted a registration contract, you will be able to access and complete the onboarding. Please take special note of the IIE009 Assessment Strategy and Policy within the Onboarding Pack. 
  • In conjunction with the Onboarding Pack you will have access to a series of Open Support Sessions for registration or technical support. These sessions will be hosted prior to the academic term start and continue for a couple of weeks into the academic term.  
  • Once the academic term starts, a series of academic and non-academic (student support) sessions will take place weekly and will cover certain topics such as, but not limited to:
    • What is Student Support?
    • Academic Empower sessions 
    • Exploring the Platforms.  
    • Assessment and Results Support.
    • Finding Resources.
    • Assessment Policy. 
    • Let’s talk results before your summative assessment. 
    • Library Information Sessions.  
    • Student Wellness Information Sessions.  
    • Career Centre Information Sessions.  
    • Sports Information Sessions.