This paper addresses many of the key issues facing designers of web-based university level courses. Drawing from experience in distance education and web-based design, we develop a set of key components to be addressed when creating an 'ideal' online course. Such an analysis forces a consideration of what constitutes good online teaching as well as good use of the technologies that are more and more present in our instructional environments.
The Web as a new phenomenon in the information landscape of the university is being used to support course instruction. In most cases, however, the Web is used in support of a traditional model of university instruction and much of the potential of the Web is lost. An innovative model of Web-based university instruction is presented that more fully expresses and uses the power of the Web in opening up the interaction between student and knowledge. The model is a generic 6-point process that involves a new approach to university teaching and learning.
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