Patent ID: 6871043

Claim:
A method for providing variable forms of interaction with an on-line educational system for participation in educational courses, comprising: providing on-line content concerning educational materials for a particular educational course; providing on-line an electronic syllabus for the educational course, the syllabus identifying units, assignments, and educational materials for the educational course; and selectively permitting a user to participate in the educational courses using variable types of sensory interaction, comprising: providing variable visual options, as specified by the user, relating to a way to receive visual information from the on-line educational system; providing variable auditory options, as specified by the user, relating to a way to receive audio information from the on-line educational system; and providing variable tactile options, as specified by the user, relating to use of tactile input to interact with the on-line educational system, wherein the visual options, the auditory options, and the tactile options are provided, as specified by the user, for interaction with plurality of disparate types of assignments, as selected by the user, for the educational course.