by Valerie Serrano, the Santa Monica College Corsair
Distance education offers more pros than cons, from allowing more comfort in communication through the written word, to a higher focus on self-motivation and keeping up with deadlines. You can’t see the smiling face that accompanies an instructor’s praise, or experience the shared anxiety when a big test is returned to the class. But when it comes to distance education, the success of the individual as well as whether actually attending class or taking a class online is better, all depends on how well the curriculum is presented and on the individual student. As for a student’s social well being, though with distance education some social aspects are lost, there are more than enough social networking sites working to make up the difference.
http://www.thecorsaironline.com/opinion/2011/11/25/going-the-distance/
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