Students from a variety of geographical locations participate together in real time discussion. For most schools at this time, discussion would be textual. Increased bandwidth will allow for video conferencing discussion. All the features of a normal course are ported over to a Web environment. Lectures turn into video files or streaming video.
Students can ask questions of the professor or each other in real time or asynchronously.
Assignments, quizzes, and exams are administered on-line and records are kept on line. They participate in threaded discussions, share information, and perform group work without face to face contact. The Internet Correspondence Course Students work at their own pace studying subject matter, with or without textbooks. Quizzes, assignments, and exams are all delivered on-line. Instructors are available mostly for questions and for grading written material.