If you have specific questions that are not discussed here, please feel free to contact the Office of Distance Education at The University of Texas at Austin for assistance. Faculty Principles First and foremost, there are some faculty principles to read and understand. Nothing replaces the live instructor in the classroom. Students do not learn from the technology. They learn from competent instructors who teach through the technology.
Students learn as well and as much from distance learning classes as from traditional classes.
Traditional courses cannot be transported to a distance medium. They must be modified. For example, when teaching via any video-based technology or when preparing video clips for the Web, all graphics must adhere to the 3x4 aspect ratio of NTSC video . Keep it simple Limit text to 5-8 lines, or a max of 25 words per graphic. For more information, there are several texts listed in the Resource section of this primer that might be helpful.