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Distance Learning : Education Beyond Boundaries

March 30, 2008 | Hits for this post:123 |

Distance learning is an alternate education program brought out by a university beyond the barriers of its campus and taken by a student outside the walls of an university. Distance learning program is a medium that connects students to the universities of the world.

Distance learning programs are becoming the most popular and feasible way of teaching and learning. More and more individuals are registering for distance learning programs at different universities. Distance learning program gives a new freedom to a student to learn at his own pace, schedule and at his convenience.

Distance learning makes use of the electronic media and study materials supplied by the university for a specific course. It helps individuals to upgrade their educational qualification even with tight working schedule. Some business houses also use distance learning to train their employees as it is less time consuming, less expensive and adds to the human resource enrichment of the business house.

To enroll for a distance learning course one must make sure as to what kind of specialisation one is looking for. An extensive study must then be done to find out in details about the universities that offer the course wanted. The time duration of the course, the fees, the software needed and the time of exam must also be checked. The most important factor that should be checked is that whether the school or university is accredited or not, one should not register in a university which is not accredited.

Every coin has two sides and distance learning program is excluded. While distance learning program is beneficial as it helps people to continue with their education notwithstanding their demanding schedule it also has some disadvantages. It may fail to motivate a student to study resulting in a poor performance, this shows registering yourself is not sufficient, you must also have a motivate yourself to continue with the study. The success of distance education also relies on the success of the technology. And without a good support system and infrastructure the distance learning may be a total failure.

Thus we can say that distance learning is a medium for today’s busy and demanding world but it also demands a significant level of maturity from its students.

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