Most of the experts from industry will contribute online to the course, using the link in Section 1, and I'll be in the classroom to facilitate the discussion.
Students that cannot be in the class for serious reasons, can use the link. Better online than absent, at least to acknowledge the effort of the experts to contribute real world information to students. A low participation determines the failure of the project. Simply listening to the recorded seminar is not effective learning.
The university rules allows for a max of 4 online connections (but do not allow forcing student to attend lessons).
Then is up to the student to use the link appropriately
Paolo Canu