Of these, Model C comes closest to UMUC's distance education programs. Of course, students may also take only individual courses. All formats are asynchronous, which means that students may participate at whatever times are convenient for them. Discussion consists of a sequence of posted messages. This differs from online courses which utilize software for real-time discussions to capture the feeling of a classroom.
Many courses use multimedia software.
Faculty are committed to helping you achieve your educational objectives. They evaluate your performance on written assignments and examinations and may also evaluate your participation in online or voice-mail discussions. You organize your work to meet course requirements, following detailed guidelines in the course syllabus. Most courses require several major papers, projects and extensive reading. All courses have a proctored final examination, and some have a proctored midterm examination, at a setting near where you live or work.