Distance Learning

Distance learning at Naropa University takes advantage of the latest technology in online learning in an innovative approach to contemplative education. Students can learn from Naropa University without disrupting their own busy lives or leaving their homes through the use of streaming audio, video, chat rooms, bulletin boards and other online communication tools.

Professor Richard Brown writes that five qualities in online discussion—openness, resourcefulness, clarity of intellect, communication and effective action—are so integral to the Naropa University distance learning experience that after some time, they become a natural part of the students’ and instructors’ approaches to course work.

In addition to individual online courses, Naropa University offers several low-residency degree programs and low-residency certificates.

Naropa University has been recognized for its ten-year educational partnership with eCollege. Naropa University has also been noted for its pioneering efforts to teach meditation and contemplative practices more broadly, through distance learning.