The OUHK is a successful university in Hong Kong. Its building and basic infrastructure have been provided by the HK Government but its running costs are wholly funded by student fees. In the past it has operated using traditional distance learning techniques with printed course materials delivered through the regular mail.
Students meet with tutors but there are no lectures.
The university has conducted an important experiment in which they gave the same course to two groups of students. One group used print delivery - the other group used WWW delivery. There were 60 students in each group. The full report by John Mak, KS Yuen, SL Chung, and Linda Chow can be seen here . It has enhanced the communication among students, tutors and the University on academic, administrative and ad-hoc matters.