I taught lecture sections on 2 campuses simultaneously through this system, with full audio and video available from both ends. I alternated between campuses each session, visiting each campus once a week. I offered lab when I was on the particular campus. I typically had up to 24 students in each of the two classrooms, for a total of about 48 in my course. Since Fall 1998 I have been teaching Physical and Historical Geology lecture and lab as fully online, asynchronous courses.
Students come to campus to use rock sample kits and maps on reserve in the library for their labs.
Student questions are answered via e-mail, bulletin board, chat sessions, or telephone. There are 21 colleges and academic units at UC which serve approximately 33,000 students, of which 89 percent are residents of Ohio. I am a faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences, the largest of these units, and among other things am responsible for teach a three quarter introductory physical and historical geology course entitled, Introduction to Geology . There is a concurrent laboratory course offered as an option and it is usually elected by 70-80 students. The course meets three times a week in an electronic classroom which can accommodate 600 people.