WTOnline is the course management system we developed to provide WTAMU students and faculty with a high quality distance education delivery system. WTOnline was developed in-house by the WTOnline Programmers using open-source code. The first WTOnline class was offered in the summer of 1997 and had 24 students. Since then the numbers of classes and students has expanded to 152 courses and 5,083 students in this Spring semester 2005 while the WTOnline interface and tools have continued to evolve in response to faculty and student needs. WTOnline’s user-friendly interface contains a variety of electronic learning tools that enable students and faculty to collaborate and develop knowledge in a learner-centered environment. Some of the tools that make WTOnline effective are the electronic bulletin board, online chat rooms, a file repository, electronic exams, an electronic grade book, an internal mail system and a built-in web page editor. Students logging into WTOnline are able to access their courses as well as information about student services. WTOnline training classes are held throughout the year for faculty who wish to develop online classes, please see http://wtonline.wtamu.edu/training/ for a complete workshop schedule.

For more information access the main page for WTOnline at: http://wtonline.wtamu.edu