The authors consider the Internet as a new infrastructure for society. They proposed and designed a new model for the university environment. They built an open system where students take courses at home using video-audio, slides and the web. They evaluated the SOI using surveys and concluded that the system satisfied the conditions of feasibility, usability and scalability. Feasibility is satisfied because courses from a traditional university can easily be put onto the Internet using video-audio, slides and the web.
Usability is verified because users are satisfied with the system.
The authors, then, emphasise the practice of collaborative learning between students. Somebody from the audience working on distance learning mentioned that SOI can work for professionals such as school teachers of school, but it is not sure that it could work with young people. The problem of certification in distance learning programs still needs to be solved.