Distance Education: is A Virtual Classroom For You? (Part 4)

Distance Education: is A Virtual Classroom For You? (Part 4)

Emphasis on The Written World

Most of the communication, as well as the course work, in distance-learning classes is written. That’s a plus, because the focus on the written word gives you the opportunity to develop as a writer—and strong writing skills are essential  to academic success. However, if writing is serious weakness for you, virtual learning may not be the best educational option until improve your skills. Yes, most of distance education is the written word; therefore, you need to be a good reader, love to read, and love writing also. Most of your assignments will be written and submitted to the instructor in the written format. Your penmanship needs to be excellent, spelling great, sentence structure above average, vocabulary  extraordinary. You need to have online access with reliable equipment. If your Internet communications at home isn’t working, you can’t do online education from home and will need to go to someplace where you do have access to the internet.

Decide whether its right for you                                                                                                                            Distance education isn’t for everyone, but it just might be for you. you really should seek it out and give it a try. You never know until you try.  You might even fall in love with distance education. While distance education may be the perfect alternative for some students, it’s not the right chose for everyone. So carefully consider your unique needs and interests and give distance education a try; then decide if its right for you.

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