The library also is open on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon during the fall and spring semesters. When classes are not in session, the library is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Telecourses The Learning Resource Center staff coordinates the viewing facilities and production of materials and videotapes for the Rend Lake College telecourse curriculum. Telecourses are college level courses consisting of a textbook, a student study guide, an instructor's packet and videocassette tapes. Telecourses combine videotaped lessons with related textbook readings and assignments.
Convenience is the major advantage of taking a telecourse instead of a traditional college class.
Students may watch the videotaped lessons in the LRC Media Room, checkout individual videotapes from the circulation desk for home viewing, or rent a complete set of videotapes from the Rend Lake College Bookstore. Benton Public Library, C.E. Brehm Memorial Public Library District in Mt. Vernon, McCoy Memorial Library in McLeansboro, and Pinckneyville Public Library. Interactive Video Rend Lake College has utilized interactive video technology since 1995 to deliver instruction to students at a distance. This form of distance learning allows students at various sites to take the same course at the same time from the same instructor. The interactive video system allows students and the instructor to hear and see each other wherever the classroom is located.