As many would guess, most courses are in the Computers and Technology field. Business, Education and English are other fields with a large number of online course offerings. Undergraduate university courses are most common, particularly first year courses. Community college and graduate courses are next in popularity. It also uses the ERIC Thesaurus for institutional names and keywords.
Students can access course information by browsing subject areas or by searching specific fields.
Hotlinks connect students directly to the delivering institutions. In the past year, there has been an exponential rise in the number of courses being offered online, from less than 2,000 in January 1998 to more than 10,000 in December, 1998. It is expected that there will be more than 40,000 online courses by the year 2000. The TeleCampus Online Course Database provides students with a means of finding information on courses that meet their needs. Institutions will be able to reach these students more easily through the TeleCampus.