Namespace | Code Value | Short Description | Description |
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uri://dpi.wi.gov/LanguageDescriptor | There are over 400 values for language. See the Swagger documentation for descriptor values https://uaapps.dpi.wi.gov/EdFiSwagger/index.html?urls.primaryName=Descriptors#/languageDescriptors |
uri://dpi.wi.gov/MediumOfInstructionDescriptor | BLD | Blended Learning | Use this for blended learning. Blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace AND at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home. |
CB | Center-based instruction | Centers are organized based on content or activity areas. One classroom may have separate centers for pretend play, reading, art, science and blocks. |
Corr | Correspondence instruction | Correspondence education is a formal educational process under which the institution provides instructional materials, by mail or electronic transmission, including examinations on the materials, to students who are separated from the instructor. |
Dist | Distance Learning (other than online) | Participation by a student in a course where the educational materials are provided through cable television, satellite classes, videotapes, or correspondence courses. |
F2F | Face-to-face instruction | Use this value to represent the traditional classroom. Face-to-face instruction is when the instructor and the students of an educational institution are in a place devoted to instruction and where the teaching and learning take place through in-person contact. |
Int | Internship | The position of a student who works in an organization, sometimes without pay, in order to gain work experience or to satisfy qualification requirements. |
IS | Independent study | Sometimes referred to as Directed Study, this instruction type is a form of education offered by many high schools, colleges, and other educational institutions where a course is undertaken by an individual student with little to no supervision. |
O | Other | Use this instruction type only in the event that no other, more suitable instruction type describes the medium of instruction for the course. |
OTB | Other technology-based instruction | Use this instruction type only in the event that no other, more suitable instruction type describes the medium of instruction for the course. |
Pre | Videotaped/prerecorded video | Under what is known as the "fair use" rule, someone other than the copyright owner may make limited use of a copyrighted work without permission for purposes, such as teaching, research, scholarship, criticism, parody, and news reporting. |
TBC | Technology-based instruction in classroom | The use of technology in the classroom, including iPads, laptops, tablets, etc. Or, the use of on-line related curriculum versus a paper textbook and/or workbook. |
Tele | Televised | The inclusion of televised documentaries, movies, etc. that relate to the curriculum and enhance a student's understanding. |
Video | Telepresence/video conference | This code refers to a set of technologies which allow students to feel as if they were present, to give the appearance of being present, or to have an effect of presence, via telerobotics, at a place other than their true location, e.g., connecting to a remote classroom using video technology. |
Virtual | Virtual/On-line Distance learning | Courses taught entirely online, where physical distance between teacher and student is immaterial. |
uri://dpi.wi.gov/CourseLevelCharacteristicDescriptor | 🆕 CTE-A | Agriculture and Natural Resources Education | Agriculture and Natural Resources Education(For 2024-25 and later) |
🆕 CTE-B | Business and Information Technology Education | Business and Information Technology Education (For 2024-25 and later) |
🆕 CTE-F | Family and Consumer Science Education | Family and Consumer Science Education (For 2024-25 and later) |
🆕 CTE-H | Health Science Education | Health Science Education (For 2024-25 and later) |
🆕 CTE-M | Marketing Education | Marketing Education (For 2024-25 and later) |
🆕 CTE-T | Technology and Engineering Education | Technology and Engineering Education (For 2024-25 and later) |
uri://dpi.wi.gov/ProgramTypeDescriptor | Certified | Certified Career Education Program (🚫 Deprecated 2024-25 SY) | Certified Career Education Program |
| 🆕 IRC | Industry Recognized Credentials | Use in the collection of certifications, credentials, or licenses needed to recognize skill attainment needed for recruitment, screening, hiring, retention, advancement, or to mitigate workforce shortages. |
| 🆕 WBL | Work-based Learning | Used in identifying employer-connected work-based learning (WBL) experiences |
| Non Certified | Non Certified Career Education Program
(🚫 Deprecated 2024-25 SY) | Non Certified Career Education Program |
| Dual | Dual Enrollment Program | Dual Enrollment Program |
| WL | World Language Program | World Language Program |