@matthewoz said:
@xiaoxue, madalas ata sa mga online classes, on-demand sya so hawak mo ang oras mo. May mga materials ka lang na i-aaccess like video recordings siguro ng prof or exercises, books, etc.
How the online classes are conducted would depend on the school/uni. It will not necessarily be "on-demand." From my experience, lectures were held based on the timetable and not all of them were recorded. While attendance was not being recorded by the lecturer, I still had to attend/watch the class in real-time, as there would be no recording available to watch at a later time. So if the class is at 9 AM AEST, you have to log on to the online class at that time (yes, it will be hassle for people from a different timezone).
With my intensive/block mode classes (wherein we had 7 straight hours of lecture for a single subject/unit), handouts were provided a day or so before the lecture day, so we could ask questions to the lecturer during class hours (so it's still pretty interactive). For postgrad studies, there was no prescribed books, so we had to research and find our own supplementary books/reference materials. Hindi lahat ng materials/content ay ibibigay sayo (a.k.a. spoon-feeding). Whether on campus or online, this has been the case for me.