Self assessment as well as community discussions among group of students with discussion posts are important for students to gauge their level of understanding, and compare their thought process to others in order to get help and assist others.

Tests that are constructed well test the practical knowledge of the student, and also identify areas where the student does not have the required knowledge and needs to to additional study.

Guest speakers are important for reinforcing the content that was taught and connecting it to real world practice and on the job, hands-on applications. A live, synchronous chat environment is important to have engagement and back and forth conversation on the topics being taught.

Instead of simply giving students reading material and quizzes, interactive content that is well structured by topic is beneficial for distance learning.