Teaching a Project-based Web-Development and IT Project Management Course at a Distance

The authors have designed and taught several courses successfully at a distance in the online Masters in Computer Information Systems (CIS).In this paper we describe our experience with a couple of project based courses.The Web Development course and the IT Project Management course will be discussed as a case study using two models for teaching at a distance-pure online and blended elive.In this paper the authors present their lessons learned from designing and developing such courses and successfully teaching and managing a project-based course.This paper explores the role of simple tools that are available for free and more complex tools that provide live two-way audio-and video communication in online learning environments.