Comments on: Online Courses Not for Everyone

By: Mary your distance learning colleges guide

Mary your distance learning colleges guide — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:50:19 +0000

Yes true distance learning suits different people at different stages in life. It’s only convinient based on what one is doing at the time, what compromises and sacrifices one has to make etc. For example distance learning is definitely convinient and appealing to an employee who is offered to learn while they work, especially during working hours. Thus they don’t have to leave work to rush to a classroom after work at the expense of their family and other personal obligations.

When they talk about social isolation in distance learning, I think this is specially addressing the young learners, teenegers and those starting college. For this group of people, distance learning may not be suitable to them because part of their reason for going to college is for the physical, social connection and interaction with others, to interact with peers and build relationships. With distance learning, most often one is studying alone. Thus this young group of learners may feel isolated or miss that social physical interaction that comes with attending a traditional classroom.

A key factor to successful online learning is motivation. A learner needs to be self-driven and an independent thinker who enjoys working alone. Being motivated means that one needs to be interested in the courses and program, keep in touch with the instructor, classmates, readings etc and see the light at the end of the tunnel. Unmotivated learners or those with poor study habits often fall behind in their online courses.

By: SEO Consultant - David Brett

SEO Consultant - David Brett — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:57:41 +0000

I have tried both distance learning and classroom learning, both have advantages and disadvantages. Distance learning is good for strong minded individuals who have the drive and determination to follow the course to the letter and make sure they commit themselves to completing the tasks without any prompting. Many people need the support and encouragement a classroom atmosphere can bring, a classroom environment is a good place to brush up on social skills which may have been lost. Distance or remote learning does have some advantages over onsite learning and this is time taken to get to a course, it also allows a student to fit in the lessons as suited to their free time. Personally I would rather take classroom lessons and enjoy not only the topic but also the social interactivity between other like-minded students

By: Hope

Hope — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:49:38 +0000

I wonder how many school voucher bills wouldn’t go to vote if the money could be applied to home schooling expenses?

By: cyn

cyn — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:45:57 +0000

Every year, the NEA publishes a screed against homeschooling. The big issue is the loss of control of students who will not be indoctrinated into their ideology.

Even the government/political types who are in favor of homeschooling often get freaky about people who aren’t like them doing it. They certainly don’t want to consider how many little heathens are avoiding de facto Christinizing in government schools!

By: Hope

Hope — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:53:03 +0000

Ya know, as overcrowded as so many schools are, you’d think folks would see homeschooling as a pressure release.

And the only lingering Italian I see now is me, and I’m only half