Online teaching can be organized in many different ways.

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Without any kind of face to face interaction?

Completely online-based courses provide greater flexibility and opportunity to participate. Digital tools which encourage interaction are suitable for increasing motivation and relations among the participating students. Such tools will also help carrying out learning activities when face to face interaction is not possible.

Individual or joint progression?

Some online courses are ultra-flexible where the student manages his or her progression individually. In other online courses, the students work together doing the same activities at the same time. Shared- or teacher-managed progression makes it easier to collaborate and to keep students who will easily drop out if they are studying too much alone. Individual progression, on the other hand, makes it easier to adjust to individual needs.

A combination of individual or joint progression is also possible, for example joint progression from one module to the next, but free and individual progression within each module or period.

Structured or non-structured?

It may vary whether the order of teaching or learning activities are controlled by the teacher or by the students themselves. Courses with a compulsory order provide the opportunity to construct learning pathways where all modules are interconnected and buid on each other. Non-structured courses, on the other hand, provide students with greater flexibility and responsibility for their own learning. You have different possibilities, like optional order of activities within one module but structured order of modules, which might be either recommended or compulsory.