I'm much more involved now than I would be normally. Students at remote locations can also benefit greatly by having entire courses available on the Internet. With such access, students who are admitted to a graduate degree program, for example, but who are at a great distance from the university can begin course study and complete hours before actually arriving on campus. The Internet can also be used as a very effective recruiting tool. Any professor can give prospective students a glimpse into an actual course by using the Internet to display pertinent information such as course objectives, syllabi, assignments, projects, readings, etc.
Students can certainly make more intelligent decisions with such information at hand.
Costs and Constraints One of the difficulties that Rideout has encountered with making the course available to off-campus students has been finding the most effective way to list the course on the Internet. He has used several listing services that exist in music education, but without great success. Conclusion Rideout reports that the benefits of the course have far outweighed the relatively small costs involved, and he has been very pleased with the way in which the course has developed. In fact, he says that for the foreseeable future he will continue to offer a course online. His objective is to show both students and teachers how to use the Internet effectively to explore topics that school districts have identified as essential to meeting the State of Oklahoma's priority academic skills objectives.