Online Learners
Are you interested in being an online learner?
Online learning offers students the chance to explore innovative technologies while receiving support from faculty, counselors, and peers, helping them achieve their educational goals
Prepare your online experience
To get a strong start in your online learning, start off by going to the SŌL Module
Contact a Counselor
Connecting with academic and student support resources in the journey toward reaching personal, academic, and career goals.
Explore Lamakū
Lamakū is the learning management and collaboration service for the university of Hawaiʻi
Your online learning options
These definitions will appear next to your course titles in STAR.
Online courses are offered in different ways to give you flexibility while working towards your academic goals. Fully online courses are taught through a mix of live (synchronous) and on-your-own-time (asynchronous) classes.
Asynchronous: All lessons and activities are available for you to access whenever it’s convenient, and they might be organized on a weekly or regular schedule.
Synchronous: Classes takes place in real-time & requires student participation in a set time.
Hybrid: A blend of online and in-person activities with a minimum of one required in person meeting scheduled at a University of Hawaiʻi campus or at a designated location.
Kapi‘olani CC is an NC-SARA participating institution
SARA (State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement) is an agreement among the member states that establishes comparable national standards for interstate offering of postsecondary distance education programs and courses. It is intended to make it easier for students to take distance learning programs and courses offered by postsecondary institutions across state lines.
Contact Information
Appointments are available via Zoom video conference, email, and phone
‘Iwalani Koide
Distance Education Coordinator
tiwalani@hawaii.edu
(808) 734-9345
Kristie Souza Malterre
Distance Education Counselor
kristies@hawaii.edu
(808) 734-9344
Resources
Distance Education
FERPA: UH Policy
Digital Accessibility
Report a concern
Students with concerns about distance education programs or courses may contact the Hawai‘i Post-secondary Education Authorization Program.