This campus is an online learning institution for the Maritime Professional.  Please remember this is a place for you to learn, to share your knowledge and help other students.

We use Asynchronous learning as a student-centered teaching method that uses online learning resources to facilitate information sharing outside the constraints of time and place among a network of people. Asynchronous learning is based on constructionist theory, a student-centered approach that emphasizes the importance of peer-to-peer interactions. This approach combines self-study with asynchronous interactions to promote learning, and it can be used to facilitate learning similar to on-campus education, distance education and continuing education. The combined network of learners and the electronic network in which they communicate are referred to as an asynchronous learning network.

It's not a new as you think! The roots of asynchronous learning trace their beginnings to the end of the 19th century, when formalized correspondence education (or distance learning) first took advantage of the postal system to bring physically remote learners into the educational fold. The 1920s and 30s saw the introduction of recorded audio, desynchronizing broadcasting and revolutionizing the mass dissemination of information. The first significant distribution of standardized educational content took place during WWII; the branches of the U.S. military produced hundreds of training films, with screenings numbering in the millions.  So lets try this tried and proven method with a positive attitude.