Because four or five students in three or four classes can be linked together the issue of class size and cost-effectiveness is no longer a problem. Students typically travel less than fifteen or twenty minutes to attend these EMT class where they meet five or six other local students and a classroom coordinator. The network uses fiber-optic cable and telecommunications equipment to enable teachers and students in one classroom to see, hear, and talk to students in other classrooms. The fully interactive environment allows the teacher and all students to be in constant, real-time visual and verbal contact with each other. The Distance Learning host classroom is where the teacher is physically located.
Remote sites are the classrooms to which the host site transmits.
The home district is the school where local student regularly attends classes. 2000-2001, Bassett Healthcare.