How much contact time is needed doing a masters?

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Ds wants to do a masters this year. His uni have said it'll be mostly online. Is this possible? Obviously he pays full whack for it. I didn't go to uni so have no clue but it seems a lot if money for something online. He managed 4th year OK with the strikes and virus etc, but I'm wondering if a masters needs more face to face contact?

Can anyone who has done a masters advise me?

I completed a part time, online MSc taught by the University of Aberdeen earlier this year.

I thought it was excellent. Teaching staff would answer queries immediately, lectures were easier because you could pause/rewind them if you missed a bit, coursework was excellent.

Thoroughly enjoyed it. Only slight gripe would be group projects. Different time zones and different levels of interest made this difficult and I ended up doing the lion's share.

I also have an MSc from Heriot-Watt from years ago which was face to face learning on a small, remote campus. That too was excellent.

Really think it comes down to mentality of the student and what they're prepared to put in to it.

That's great, thanks for that, am sure he'll be fine, he's very dedicated.

I have a distance learning M.Ed from the University of Dundee (pre internet era!). It was great. Tutors kept in touch by phone. Even had telephone tutorials. Fast forward 20 years or so ... I taught on the online M.Ed at Dundee University. Was able to have telephone tutorials/respond quickly to email questions and submitted work/ used Skype ... you will find that any university using distance learning will have it well thought out ahead of time, and will probably have lots of experience in presenting it that way. BTW, individualised support from a tutor in a distance learning scenario is much more time-consuming than group tutorials/lectures. That's why it's not cheaper!