Online conferencing Communications happening over a network. Can be synchronous via chat or asynchronous via discussion groups. Pacing The orderly sequence at which students move through a course. Distance Delivery Unit delivery model where students receive 80 minutes of instruction from teachers F2F or via ITV per school cycle. Virtual School Has staff, students, powers, and responsibilities but no bricks and mortar.
Some virtual schools offer online course options.
Ancillary materials such as print, videos, and CD-ROM may be required. A popular web-based course development platform developed in British Columbia. XML Extensible Markup Language, may be the next big thing on the Web. A metalanguage that is platform and operating system independent. It can be used to enable interoperability between systems as well as transformations to allow output in multiple media.