Using online methods powerfully enhances the aims of an ovular, by promoting the central aim of collaborative exchange, and extending it internationally. The following outline is merely an example and may be selected in part or adjusted to need. Ovular participants register for the course with their Ovular Administrator. They then receive a briefing by email or as a booklet by post, or both.
Relevant text is displayed on the course website.
It may also be made available as a simple download note1 so that members may acquire it as a textfile to print out if preferred. A major Ovular service is to provide an online hypertext glossary to back up the displayed text. A major research support is to suggest other websites worth exploring, or key terms suitable for search engines. For those new to online boards, they are rather like the 'Letters' page of a newspaper, but with a steady flow of fresh input through each day. Members can easily post in their responses similarly to how they send email.