The Instructional Systems Development Graduate Programs at UMBC are completely online. Students often ask about the quality of student interaction. Our answer is always simple. It's an engaging experience. Students often say that they've had more interaction with people in their online classes versus other in-person classes they may have taken previously. The reason is because class sizes are rather small. They average about 12 students. So people enrolled in our online program have a high ratio and high probability of making connections with other students and instructors.