Regular and Substantive Interaction is a United States Department of Education regulation that outlines the requirements for instructor interaction in online courses. These requirements help distinguish online courses from correspondence courses.
Learn more about RSI at WWU
- WesternOnline’s RSI page includes the following:
- Review of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) on RSI,
- Additional resources about RSI, and
- Examples of how RSI might be implemented in an online course
- Academic Curriculum Committee’s Policy on Credit Hours page includes a statement on RSI.
WWU’s colleges may refer to specific RSI requirements in each modality policy.
For additional questions, contact westernonline@wwu.edu.
See also:
- Part 600 Institutional Eligibility: Definitions; Distance Education, pg. 79, Code of Federal Regulations
- Surprise! Newly Released Final Regulations – WCET (8/26/20)