I recently took Business Policy & Strategy for my Charter Oak State College Business concentration. It was through the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium and I noticed that when I log-in, the choices are for several formats (Blackboard, WebCT, WebCt Vista, and Web Mentor). My log-in was through the Blackboard type and the online format was as follows:

[8 week version]; also was available as a 15 weeker - not for me!
week 1 was mostly meet & greet/ orientation (assigned to teams)
week 2-5 was a combo of individual assignments + team effort essay
week 6, individual term paper (3-4 pgs. dbl spaced)
week 7, individual Final Paper (10-12 pgs. dbl spaced)
week 8 was just wrap-up; completing feedback requests, farewells, etc.

Which courses are you considering?