Several techniques have been employed to allow for interaction, but such participation is not required. After each of the television broadcasts, the instructor is available by teleconference for one hour to respond to questions arising from issues aired on the program or raised in the case studies. While on-line, students can listen to comments of classmates or enter into the discussion. In addition to participating in the teleconference, students are encouraged to form study groups with classmates living nearby. Class lists are sent to those who request them, and suggestions about how to use the study group method effectively are included in the course book.
Student evaluation is conducted by means of a mid-term and final examination.
These examinations are based on case studies and require the student to discuss and analyse the problem from an ethically relevant position. The examinations are enclosed with the course book materials, and the students are encouraged to think about their answers as they work through the course materials. In the social work course, student interaction with the instructor and with classmates is managed through teleconferencing and through scheduled day-long meetings held in regional centers three times during the delivery of the course. The case studies are analysed during these sessions, and opportunities are provided to assess development of the student's ethical reasoning skills. These group meetings are compulsory.