UAA has joined with the National University Teleconference Network, PBS Adult Learning Satellite Service, and other training agencies to offer coverage of a wide range of topics presented by nationally recognized leaders. Live Teleclasses - allow students at locations throughout Alaska to actively participate in live teleclasses originating on a university campus. Live teleclasses are carried on Alascom's Aurora II satellite for rural students, and on Prime Cable Channel 42 within the Anchorage Bowl. Telecourses include video lessons, a textbook, a study-guide, learning exercises, and exams. Most course work can be completed at home.
Students communicate with faculty via telephone, in person, e-mail, or fax.
The UALC is an organization of representatives from throughout the University system which is responsible for coordinating UA's distance education programs towards the accomplishment of common goals. The UALC supports efforts to make more courses and programs available to students away from Alaska's urban centers through the use of instructional technology and by encouraging collaborative delivery of these programs among UA units. The UALC also supports the use of alternative methods of instruction to meet the needs of students for whom regular campus-based programs are impossible, due to the demands of employment, family or community commitments. The UALC Bulletin contains information about programs which are available to students throughout the state, regardless of where the students live, and about additional courses and sections available to students through non-traditional means. The LRC provides free peer tutoring in mathematics, and computer and audio-visual materials, as well as copier use, coffee and tea.