Where to Call Choosing the Learning Format that Best Meets Your Needs UMUC is committed to making higher education accessible to adults in the workforce. That commitment manifests itself in a range of learning formats that are unparalleled in convenience and flexibility. A description of the formats follows to help you choose the one that best meets your needs. If you have immediate access to a UMUC facility and are able to arrange your schedule to accommodate regular course meetings, you may find that UMUC's classroom-based courses suit you best.
Several options are available.
Traditional classroom instruction. The IVN system uses telecommunication technology to link students at the major UMUC centers in the United States for live, two-way audio and visual communication. Images of the teacher, student speakers, and classroom can be seen on television monitors at each site. UMUC uses the instructional television system of University of Maryland, College Park to link students at participating U.S. sites for live, two-way audio communication. The teacher's image can be seen on a television monitor at each site.