This website serves an accelerated online course in world regional geography. 

The online course is entirely virtual: it does not meet face-to-face. Assignments are submitted via email and discussion is done asynchronously via a web-based discussion forum on CCD's Blackboard website. 

Much of the course material is on-line, supplemented by a physical textbook. Except for the variations in format and medium for the online portions, the course is rather traditional, covering the Geography of the World in nine regions.

Students read and discuss the materials from the book and online reading, they do online and library research and write short papers, they give short presentations, engage in discussion and they receive college credit (auditing is also permitted).

Medium: Not all resources are delivered via the Internet. We still rely on a physical textbook, though the range of  Internet materials are now rich enough that it is possible to rely solely on Internet materials, the breadth of the subject matter is easier for students to cover if they have a good text book to guide them.  A Web site holds a collection of  lectures, extensively re-worked for hypermedia format. The Web also holds other resources, such as maps, outside readings, pictures, animations,  news articles, questions and topics for class discussion, and a library of links to other net-based resources.

Format: Follow the Syllabus and Course Outline. Students should check the web site when starting a new study unit. They read the lectures and assigned readings, and check the discussion questions. They might reply to some message, or they might have new comments  or questions to offer. By the third week of class, the dialog here should be pretty much continual. There are 2 short tests but discussion and short assignments constitute the principal basis for your grade.

How does the workload compare? The course load is somewhat heavier than other courses. The accelerated online course format is very demanding. That's the general consensus of students over several semesters. Time is constrained as much material is covered in an abbreviated schedule. 

Remember, when you sit in a classroom for 3 hours a week and that course has, say, 6 hours of homework, you are spending 9 hours a week on that class. You should plan to spend at least 9 hours a week on this class, maybe more.