Distance Learning Perspective

Learning From Afar: a Viable Resource With today’s advancement in technology, a student has more than one option to choose from when obtaining an education. For students who wish to attend a specific school located at a greater distance than the student can travel to on a regular basis, the option to attend on-campus or combining on-campus with online learning presents a big challenge for the student. In such circumstances, distance learning offers the student similar tools found in a traditional classroom setting. Even though online classrooms do share some similarities to the traditional classroom, attendance, teaching methods, and the accessibility of the course materials do somewhat differ. Compared to the traditional classroom, attendance …show more content…
“Every student has their own way of learning that works best for them. Some learn visually others do better when they "learn by doing."” (Coleman 2005). Which means, that some students do better with reading and visuals while some students excel better with a more hands-on approach. In the traditional classroom setting, the teacher’s lectures and interactions with her students benefit on a face-to-face level, whereas in the online setting, visuals such as power point presentations, YouTube videos, and chapter readings take the place of the verbal lectures heard in the traditional classroom, and have less of a social interaction on a physical level. However, while the teacher and student interaction does not have actual face-to-face interaction, it can still have the one-on-one teacher and student interaction through such mediums as the school email and discussion boards and it can still reach the entire class audience. Sometimes traditional classrooms can have less one-on-one time with teacher and student if the student needs the individual help or attention due to such a large number of students in a given