Introduction Teaching a distance education course is an exciting and challenging experience.
The course has also been offered on the local cable system in Muncie, Indiana. Biology 100 is a college level introductory biology course taken primarily by students not majoring in the sciences to fulfill a general studies requirement. On-campus sections of the course enroll over 800 students annually. In this article, I wish to share my experiences of developing Biology 100 for interactive television and specifically address the issues involved with providing a laboratory component for distance education courses. Design Designing a course for interactive television can be very time-consuming.