This presentation will explore the potential of WebCT to meet these instructional needs. Communication WebCT offers several features for facilitating two-way communication in synchronous and asynchronous formats. The real benefit of on-line teaching, however, is the asynchronous potential. Problems that exist with trying to bring everyone together at one time and place are not an issue. Whether the instructor wants to stay in contact with individual students or have the class debate special issues relevant to class content, the potential is there.
Students can still participate in small group discussions and collaborative projects, as well.
Bulletin Board Fora make it possible to create private space that only assigned participants and the instructor can enter. Delivering all of your content as pure text, however, would be comparable to delivering all of your content as pure lecture. Anything that can be done with html can be included in a WebCT course. The methods, overall, are really not that different from traditional assessment alternatives. A Self-Test option allows students to practice what they are learning and get immediate feedback from answers the instructor has programmed into the course.