Media Based Distance Learning

For media based courses, students do not meet on campus. In lieu of class time on campus, students view informative, entertaining DVDs and/or Interactive CD-ROMs, in addition to reading a textbook and a study guide that accompanies the videos. The videos are not lectures; rather, they are professionally created films that take the student on a visual field trip, to an interview with an expert, or they illustrate a concept presented in the readings.

Students are able to work independently, enjoying the flexibility of scheduling their course work each week at times and places of their choosing. Media based courses require as much or more work as those taught in a conventional classroom setting. The ideal candidate for a positive media-based learning experience is self-motivated, organized, and disciplined.

For more information, contact the Office of Alternative Education, at 847.635.1970 or alt-ed@oakton.edu