Students are required to use the web as the major part of the course. All class information is presented online. Online communication consists of e-mail, chat rooms, discussion boards, and listservs. This step covers online testing, project submission, online communication, online lectures, student interaction. In this final step, any materials still covered in the classroom, or requires students to be in a classroom, are replaced with an online counterpart.
Special attention is focused on student interaction, evaluation, and security.
If test security is an issue, then it might be a good idea to change the mode of evaluating the students. Require students to participate in a chat discussion on a topic. Many options exist and it is up to the instructor to decide how to measure a students success. These intergrated online course development packages are available, however, most of what an online course is all about, the transmission of knowledge from instructor to student, can be done using a few webpages, e-mail, a discussion board, and a listserv. May 5, 1999.