reported by Nicole Nieva

1. 
They might still be required to buy
textbooks.
The teacher will provide the students
with study guides, reading material,
and perhaps a reading list.

2. students can
expect to be doing
a lot of reading on
their own.

3. To provide opportunity to
those who have missed the
opportunity of taking
advantage of conventional
mode of learning.

4. Grants
A college grant is in essence gift money,
given to students to help pay part or all of their
distance learning expenses.
Financial aid
Financial aid is a general term for any money
students gain to help pay for college.
EmployErs
. Tuition assistance programs, if offered by a
company, are considered to be part of an
employee's benefits.

5. scholarships
A college scholarship is a monetary award
based on criteria determined by the awarding
party. It can be given on the basis of academic
merit, athletic ability, financial need, or other
criteria specific to the group giving the award.
studEnt loans
Students might be able to make up the
difference out of pocket, but more than likely
students will require one or more student loans
to pay for their tuition

7. With distance learning
You can earn and study at
the same time !

8. You save up a lot of
time and energy on
commuting.

9.  if you live in a community with
few or no colleges distance
learning allows you to choose from
a wide variety of schools to
complete your education.

10. Prices for online courses are
generally cheaper than their on-
campus counterparts and you
won’t have to worry about
getting meal plans on campus.

11. One of the biggest
advantages of distance
learning is that you can study
at a place that is comfortable
for you.

12. Distance Learning

13. Teachers who design these courses
might have little or no experience
teaching online courses, and might
mistakenly design the course the same
way they would have for a traditional
format.

14. distance programs have their

own additional costs that might
not be readily apparent

15. They may not make full use of the
technological resources available
to them, or they may make poor
use of the technology, which
hinders presentation of the
material.

16. The simplest and often most
frustrating problem is that of the
Internet being down, on either the
student's or the instructor's end

17. If the classroom environment is
what you love most about learning
you may want to take a step back
and reconsider distance learning

18.  Distance learning is often a
solitary endeavor, and one that can
leave students feeling disconnected.
An instructor's enthusiasm-for
teaching, for the distance learning
process, for the subject-translates
itself to the students.