At Purdue University Calumet there is no distinction between the requirements and expectations for traditionally taught courses and distance learning courses. That means that the content and outcomes of distance learning courses are the same as those taught in the traditional classroom. Distance learning courses are conducted differently at each institution and we will make no attempt to review them here. After registering for a distance learning course, the student connects to the course homepage via the internet and follows the instuctor s directions. Typically these directions will lead the learner to reading materials, Internet resources and on-line lectures.
Discussions take place in an asynchronous mode.
That means you can log onto the system whenever you have time, without losing any of the interaction that has taken place. That means that Purdue University Calumet's system offers maximum flexibility. To illustrate Purdue University Calumet s flexibility consider the example of a busy professional with a laptop and a cellular phone at an airport waiting for a flight. This downloading via the cellular phone takes a couple of minutes. Then the learner can go on the flight and reply to the postings off-line.