Much of the course can be reviewed on The World Wide Web. And the course presentation relies heavily on video, the Web and live demonstrations.
Live demonstrations have higher impact than tapes or still images.
Students likely to appreciate the technique if they see it actually in use. The Teaching SEM is used for these studies by small groups of two or three students, however, the undergraduate classes are trained en masse using the Teaching SEM in a lecture room setting. One lab period spent in lecture theater demonstrating how to use scope. Students can then try out Philips demonstration software on computers in the undergraduate computer labs. Students can book time on the instrument as part of their laboratory experiments.