Scientific Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Romance Studies - Portuguese Studies, grade: 16, , course: Master in Education, language: English, abstract: Online learning, or e-learning, has grained in both popularity and credibility over the last decade. Today it is an option that many universities and colleges are using to supplement the variety of academic programs that are offered to students and to also improve the quality and diversity of learning materials used by academic programs. Since 2009, the government of Macau has sponsored a Portuguese e-Learning program that offers students the opportunity to immerse themselves in the Portuguese culture via virtual classrooms. Based upon a brief questionnaire given to students of this program, the format and functionality of this program is very effective, but slightly outdated in terms of what technology it is using. This study evaluated student perceptions of the quality of educational material that is delivered through the Portuguese e-Learning Program and the viability of the technology that it uses.