So if it is redundant, then I beg your tolerance. Sadly, my guess is not many. The key is the textbook. If this is the standard for distance learning, then I think that we are all wasting our time. However, given the power of the computer, we have an opportunity to break the tyranny of textbook learning.
Textbooks appeal mostly to Visual learners.
Okay, enough for now. Let me end this diatribe with one story. I then move in for the kill by asking why, if MTV is so bad, their students watch it instead of paying attention to their lectures. Needless to say, I'm not real popular at educator parties. Point is that you may not like what MTV says, but you can't beat how they say it.