How are courses taught? How is the lecture presented?
As with classroom-based courses, the instructor for each course determines how course materials are presented and delivered. There is an online course syllabus that summarizes the goals and objectives of the course. Some courses have formal lectures, similar in length and content to lectures given in classroom-based courses. Online lectures may be entirely text-based or consist of some combination of text, graphics, sound and video. Other courses present lecture content in smaller units or rely entirely on group discussion and others types of learning activities. Most courses use Blackboard, a Web-based conferencing system, or electronic mail as the primary tool for communication between students and instructor.
Generally, the instructor for each course determines its guidelines and how it will be taught. Usually there is an online course syllabus that summarizes the goals and objectives of the course. Some courses have formal lectures, similar in length and content to lectures given in face-to-face classes. Online lectures may be entirely text-based or consist of some combination of text, graphics, sound and video. Other courses break the content up into smaller units or abandon the lecture entirely, instead relying on group discussion and others types of learning activities. Most classes use a Web-based conferencing system or electronic mail as the primary tool for communication between students and the instructor.
