These days it really doesn't matter where you live in relation to getting a college education. In fact, over 800 colleges and universities worldwide now offer courses that can be taken completely online without ever setting foot in a classroom. You're going to see more and more of this type of offering as colleges try to lure students from beyond their geographic area.
Online classes operate very similarly to correspondence courses.
E-mail is used by the teacher to distribute assignments and give feedback to individual questions. Chat rooms are used when a group environment is needed. In some instances, a teacher could take all the students on a virtual tour of the Internet, controlling their web browsers through special software. In the future, look for audio and video connections in the cyber-classroom. Find out on Tuesday.