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Online Learning
Urban College of Boston regularly offers courses in the following teaching modalities:
- Remote Hybrid - These courses feature both a regular weekly synchronous session online and asynchronous activities in the college’s Learning Management System (LMS), currently Brightspace.Carnegie credit hours are roughly 50/50 or 40/60 split. This means that students are expected to meet the instructor each week via a videoconference and must continue to learn some material asynchronously online.
- Asynchronous Online - These courses are taught entirely in Brightspace but there is no weekly meeting requirement. Activities have set deadlines. These courses are not self-paced.
Learning Resource Center
Email: LRC@urbancollege.edu
Phone: 617-449-7044
Appointments for tutoring: https://www.urbancollege.edu/learning-resource-center
The College’s Learning Resource Center (LRC) offers a range of academic support including one-on-one tutoring, group study sessions, free conversation groups for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), and academic workshops for Urban College students. The LRC is staffed by the Manager of the LRC and a team of Learning Support Associates (LSAs). LSAs provide services in English, Spanish, and Mandarin.
Arrangements for tutoring are made via the LRC’s WCONLINE scheduling website: https://urbancampus.mywconline.com/.
LRC Computer Facilities
Urban College of Boston has a Learning Resource Center with twelve computer workstations and two printers for student use, as well as a language lab and a separate computer classroom. Students can do research for class assignments and term papers and have access to the library and other research materials through the Internet. Students are encouraged to call ahead at 617-449-7044 or stop by the LRC to check on the computers’ availability. Computers are generally available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Library and Information Resources
Urban College of Boston is committed to ensuring that all students gain the information literacy skills that they need to be successful students and engaged citizens. Urban College students have access to a full array of print and nonprint resources through the College’s dedicated suite of Gale Databases and a wealth of library resources available through the Boston Public Library (BPL).
Gale Databases
With the assistance of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Library System, Urban College provides students with over thirty Gale databases covering virtually every academic discipline. Located at http://galesites.com/menu/mlin_b_urbancb,
Urban College’s customized e-resources page is available from computers in the LRC, as well as to remote users 24/7. The site offers full-text access to academic and general interest journals; newspapers, including The Boston Globe and The New York Times; encyclopedias; e-books; and a wide variety of other materials.
Boston Public Library (BPL)
Urban College students have access to the Boston Regional Library System (BRLS) through the BPL, including its extensive databases for research and knowledge on any and every topic. Urban College students can use their personal library card to gain access to BRLS online services, including ProQuest, EBSCO, Gale, OCLC, NewsBank, and many more electronic resources.
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