There was initial resistance but the students are now liking the group work. As of three years ago he had not been on the Internet, and now he is teaching completely on the Internet. With the right people to help its not a great deal different than traditional teaching and you don't need to be a technical wizard, but being a rapid typist helps. It offers a good recursive learning opportunity because the technologies being discussed in the course are also being used in the course. They are using WebCT and have students throughout the state, and one from Michigan.
Students connect to the course web site and look at the materials and listen to the audio files.
There are also regular chat sessions and longer discussions through the bulletin board service. It does require a fair bit of time for the instructor, but it helps if you already have materials in a computer format, such as PowerPoint. You always have to plan for technology failure because its not foolproof at this point. Students are understanding of this. It is important to make students feel that they are involved in the campus environment.