A common form is usually assumed by the participants on any given project of instruction. As on the land, motivation for shapeshifting is derived from the desire to meet, communicate with and make love with beautiful and interesting alien beings in their true forms. University sponsored orgies are frequent and attended by hundreds of thousands of beings. These orgies begin by shifting to a common form, often a dolphin or whale form. Beginning students who are not able to shift on their own are shifted by a starship or by the very advanced students.
Sex is mostly promiscuous, but occasionally monogamous.
When illustrating points in a lesson, actual objects or even individuals may be temporarily materialized. These materializations are done by a Dolphin Starship who is in residence at the university in corporeal form, often in Dolphin form. These objects are usually used in an interactive way. They are integrated into some game that teaches an aspect of shape shifting. These objects are the temporary possessions of a given individual or group.