For the average adult American with a job, children or other obligations, online learning, also known as distance learning, is a viable means of learning, and a step in the right direction towards making education available for everyone. Distance learning can be done at one’s convenience, at home with online connection, and it is accessible for everyone, regardless of where they may be in the USA, or even outside the country.
But we have to remember that distance learning is not an option meant for everybody – some people would be best suited to a conventional classroom setting. There is no substitute for a few things offered in a traditional college setting that have helped a lot of people learn – three things to be very precise. These three features are all related to human interaction – a live professor’s explanation, note-taking on a student’s part, and face-to-face communication between student and teacher.
Without the human element, education is sterilized and can be an uncomfortable experience for many students, may they be of college age or working moms and dads with school-age children.
Before enrolling in an online course, one must accept the fact that it will be done with no live humans involved, and will require an increased amount of accountability. Not everybody can do this.
Another thing that could hinder online learning success is a student’s ability to motivate himself or herself and study the required lessons in order to pass the course. You cannot expect your online module to remind you about deadlines and quizzes like a real teacher would, so do your part and be more proactive. And if you’re simply too busy, may it be a family or a work affair, but as long as you’re too distracted to give your 100% attention to the course, you may be a grandparent (if you aren’t one yet) once you finish the module.
Distance learning may be best for working students, but not if you have too much on the table and too little time to spare. For example, you can study your lessons at the poolside while your kids are playing, but what if one of them pulls you into the pool or asks you to play with them? You can mix a hectic job with your distance learning course, which is like mixing a lit match with kerosene, because too much focus on either could cost you your job, your studies, and/or your sanity!
Technology and education have done well in coming up with distance learning as an alternative means of getting a degree. But if your schedule is too hectic, forget about it.
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