2019 NSU Fact book

14 NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY • NSU’s Tampa Bay Regional Campus is located near I-75 and I-4 and serves the Greater Tampa Bay area, includ- ing the counties of Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Manatee, and Sarasota. All programs at this 81,500- square-foot campus are offered in accessible formats to accommodate the demanding schedule of its stu- dent population of approximately 1,240. The wireless facility offers student lounges, private study areas, a multipurpose room, 10 videoconferencing suites, 21 multimedia classrooms, 2 computer labs, interactive simulation operating rooms with pre-op and post-op clinical labs, inpatient/outpatient therapy labs, and pri- vate patient exam rooms. Programs of study include business, education, school psychology, family nurse practitioner, cardiovascular sonography, anesthesiolo- gist assistant, occupational therapy, physical therapy, school counseling, clinical mental health counseling, and speech-language pathology. nova.edu/tampa • NSU’s Puerto Rico Regional Campus is a 37,000-square- foot building located in the Professional Offices Park in San Juan. The park is located strategically just 300 meters from the Luis A. Ferre expressway, 1,500 meters from the Lomas Verdes Expressway, 2,500 meters from the Las Cumbres Expressway, and adja- cent to State Road #1. These are the principal trans- portation arteries on the island of Puerto Rico. The campus offers programs in pharmacy and education to more than 800 students. nova.edu/puertorico DISTANCE EDUCATION AT NSU u Nova Southeastern University is a pioneer in the area of distance education, having initiated distance education programs in 1972. It was the first university in the United States to offer graduate programs in an online format, with the creation of the electronic classroom. NSU has been offering online programs and programs with an online component since 1983. NSU was also the first to use the Unix system to host online courses, and one of the first to use the Internet to support instruction. At NSU, distance education is delivered using a variety of instructional delivery systems. Modes of delivery to students away from the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus include online course delivery systems, synchronous meetings in an electronic classroom, traditional class- room instruction with a live instructor on-site, com- pressed interactive video, and audio teleconferencing. Some programs use a blended instructional approach with face-to-face instruction coupled with online resources and video components. Others use an on- line course area exclusively. Some graduate programs require students to attend short, intensive instructional units on campus (doctoral studies orientation, summer “institutes,” or a summer conference) as a part of their required program of study. Distance education students have access to educational support services, including the NSU libraries at nova.edu/library , technology sup- port via a help desk, educational resources via electronic classrooms and the Internet, and computing resources on our Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus and at regional campuses located in Florida and Puerto Rico. NSU students can participate in online courses from any location in the world with an Internet connection. Online courses use a web-based instructional platform as a centralized location for educational materials, course content, and communication—both synchronous and asynchronous. The online course platform enables a wide range of online activities that facilitate frequent student-teacher and student-student interaction. Faculty members and students interact in discussion forums via threaded bulletin boards, via real-time elec- tronic classrooms that support graphical presentations and audio, and through online submission of assign- ments in multimedia formats. NSU provides an email address and a directory for publishing assignments and resources to the Web for all students and faculty mem- bers. The Electronic Library provides access to online databases, many of which contain full-text documents. The development and implementation of distance edu- cation programs have become increasingly common as many colleges and universities have moved to the online venue. Nova Southeastern University has more than 40 years of experience in the development, delivery, and evaluation of distance education programs that have University Facilities