This paper describes an alternative instructional concept--a distance learning/cohort teaching/cohort student grouping--that used the Internet to deliver instruction. Twenty graduate students at two universities, Southern Illinois University and the University of Southern Mississippi, subscribed to a listserv and worked cooperatively on a case study problem in which an experienced teacher applying for a position as a high school principal in an expanding school district is asked to develop a first-year plan to demonstrate his or her qualifications for the new job. Outcomes expected from this learning experience included: the opportunity to work collegially even though separated by a significant distance; learning to function as a single entity and to identify the information necessary to address and reach a solution; awareness of the commonality of administrative problems and issues; choosing to form a cohort network for professional career support; and evolving into a community of life-long learners. It was concluded that for such a method of instruction to be effective, courses must have clearly stated outcome expectations, the case studies must be viable and relevant, and there must be reliable technological resources. (CH)