History
Originally started by the Coast Community College District as the Distance Learning college (it would serve the DL needs of Coast District Residents while Orange Coast College and Golden West College would serve the on-campus needs), Coastline has now evolved to include a distance learning program as well as on-campus (on-site) classes available at these three mini-campus sites (see above).
Coastline offers distance education in a variety of modalities, including telecourses and the use of Pocket PC and personal digital assistants. Coastline's Distance Learning department has created an open source course management system (CMS) called Seaport which is similar to the products of Blackboard and WebCT. Its Military Outreach program delivers courses to every branch of the U.S. Armed Services. Coastline is also the first college to ever offer a complete degree available through content designed for distribution via a Pocket PC or other mobile learning device (cell phone, iPod, etc.).
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