The fruit of our labor. GLORY TO GOD!

1. Yheza Janopol
Danoy
Jomarie Balza
Cosare
Submitted to: Ms. Mizpahgen P. Moralla

2. STUDYING
AT A
DISTANCE

3. The Challenges
Faced by Students in
Distance Learning

4. Marcie Thomas
“Enjoy the benefits of
distance learning, but
be aware of its
pitfalls”.

5. Support
This creates a challenge
for students who might
need or desire academic
or technical support, and
it can quickly become a
source of frustration.

6. Interactivity
The lack of face-to-face interactions
between student, teacher and other
classmates can be problematic for
those new to the distance-learning
environment. A lack of meaningful
interactivity may cause students to
feel isolated and become
discouraged.

7. In a distance-learning class,
students must be committed to
their own success but the social
pressure to comply is absent.
Students must possess or learn to
develop the self-discipline required
to organize their time effectively
and participate fully in the learning
process.
Commitment

8. Technology
Technology that is unavailable or
unstable quickly becomes a barrier for
distance-learning students. Technology
that is hard to learn or use is
enormously frustrating. Tutorials, user
guides and other support systems
should be in place for distance-learning
students, in order to minimize - if not
eliminate - this problem.

9. Isolation
Not only do distance-learning
students lack the ability to
interact face-to-face with faculty,
but they also miss out on person-
to-person feedback from their
peers, which, as the study states,
can cause students to doubt their
own abilities.

10. Procrastination
For the type of student who
struggles with procrastination,
this academic autonomy can
also be a curse. After all, it's
easy to put off assignments
until later and then find yourself
in a panic playing catch-up.

11. Why Students
Choose Online?

12. Student Views of Distance
Learning (An Office of the
Administration of Children and
Families- Early Childhood and
Knowledge Center)

13. We asked Gwen Ridley
Robertson, a family child care
provider, why she chose online
[education] and her answer was
simple, "I'm in my home all day
and work from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
and online is so convenient. If I
tried to get to class, by the time I
drove and found a place to park, I
would always be late.”

14. Gwen, who took courses at the
University of Cincinnati and received
her A.A., is now starting a B.A. degree.
She did not expect the level of
involvement she found. "I expected
only e-mail communication, but the
teachers helped me network beyond my
own course with others and instructors
were available to talk by phone. If I left a
message on the discussion boards, I
had a response in two days."

15. Donna Britt, who received her
Ed.D in Management of Programs in
Child and Youth Services from Nova
Southeastern University in Ft.
Lauderdale, FL (www.nova.edu) said
what she discovered exceeded her
expectations. "I realized that I can
develop strong relationships with my
fellow students without seeing them,"
she said. "Online courses opened up a
whole new world of learning."

16. Kathy learned how to send
assignments and attach pictures.
Jean had to become familiar with
word processing software and
spreadsheets and how to download
and upload assignments to the Web
site. "I learned to adapt to the way
each professor distributed materials
and returned papers just like a
student in a face-to-face class
does," she said.

17. There were two primary challenges
faced by these students:
• Time management
Kathy remarked, "It is
important to stick to your plan and
not good to fall behind. The
professors give you a realistic
timeline and the class Web sites
have all the assignments and
discussion topics listed."

18. • Participating in the student teaching
process online differed from traditional
classrooms
Jean said: "My mentor, who also
worked in my agency, videotaped me in
the classroom doing a specific activity. I
sent the videotape to my professor who
posted it on the Web site. Then I watched
it with my mentor and professor and
they offered feedback."

19. www.fromdoctopdf.com
The Problems Faced by Students in
Distance Learning
By Marcie Thomas
Student Views of Distance
Learning (An Office of the
Administration of Children and
Families- Early Childhood and
Knowledge Center)
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