Although online help is available, it is rarely needed as the software is both intuitive and user-friendly. Electronic delivery is well suited to postgraduate education where the participants are mature age learners, self-motivated and with complex family and work commitments. What may be lost through distance is more than gained through cultural interchange and exposure to the global industry scene. The Internet-delivered courses create a simulated classroom environment that enables students to communicate easily with their academic instructors and their classmates, submit work electronically and receive prompt feedback. An electronic discussion list enables students to converse with others in the group at a time and from a location suitable to them.
Students complete some parts of their course individually and some parts in groups.
Virtual study groups are established to enable review, discussion and critique processes. All student work is circulated to the group and collectively forms a substantial knowledge base for the courses. The business core units employ a varied combination of assessment. The emphasis is on demonstration of competence in each of the eight component subjects. Classes for part-time students are organised in evenings, although flexible study options are increasingly being developed.