- Distance Learning pros and cons
- Prepared by Behzod Kuldashev
Distance learning is designed to provide educational opportunities to students who are unable to pursue on-site study. Written correspondence courses, online classes and other remote classroom delivery methods fall under the category of distance learning. - Distance learning is designed to provide educational opportunities to students who are unable to pursue on-site study. Written correspondence courses, online classes and other remote classroom delivery methods fall under the category of distance learning.
There are some pros and cons of distance learning. - There are some pros and cons of distance learning.
Convenience - Convenience
- Flexibility
- Availability
- Cost
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- Accessibility
- No Travel Expenses
- No Interrupting Job/Career
- Convenience — take online courses when you need them, not based on some college’s annual or semester schedule. A course is as close as a computer with an Internet connection.
- Flexibility — with no set class times, you decide when to complete your assignments and readings. You set the pace. In some programs, you can even design your own degree plan.
- Availability — distance-learning opportunities have exploded over the past few years, with many accredited and reputable programs.
- Cost — prices are often cheaper for online courses than traditional college and trade courses — with no housing or meals plans to worry about.
Accessibility — with an online course, you can work on the course just about anywhere you have computer access. - Accessibility — with an online course, you can work on the course just about anywhere you have computer access.
- No Travel Expenses — you may never even have to leave your house to take an online course, and certainly there are no relocation costs.
- No Interrupting Job/Career — because distance learning courses are located in cyberspace and controlled by your pace, there is no need to quit your current job.
No Instructor Face Time - No Instructor Face Time
- No Social Interaction
- Requires New Skills/Technologies
- Making Time
- No Campus Atmosphere
No Instructor Face Time — if your learning style is one where you like personalized attention from your teachers, then online education will probably not work for you. - No Instructor Face Time — if your learning style is one where you like personalized attention from your teachers, then online education will probably not work for you.
- No Social Interaction — while you often interact with classmates via email, chat rooms, or discussion groups, there are no parties or offline get-togethers.
Requires New Skills/Technologies — if you’re are afraid of change or new technologies, then online education will probably not work for you. - Requires New Skills/Technologies — if you’re are afraid of change or new technologies, then online education will probably not work for you.
- Making Time — if you are one of those people who always needs an extra push to complete work, you may have a hard time making time for your online classes.
- No Campus Atmosphere — part of the traditional college experience, of course, is the beauty of the campus, the college spirit — but you have none of that with distance-education courses.
- The needs of distance learners
- 1. Connect what you learn with previous knowledge and experience
- 2. Don’t skip online classes and submit your homework in time
- 3. Computer Skills
- 4. Available Resources
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