Distance Education

Distance Education can be valuable for students in many ways. One pro is that the student is allowed more flexibility. Instead of having the student be in classroom setting from 8-3 every day they are allowed to finish the projects and learn the material on their own time. The student can take breaks if needed or do things that are needed throughout the day. This can be beneficial because the students that may have physical or mental disabilities can break up their day in a way that works better for them.
There are also some cons to distance education. One con is that students will not receive the social interactions that they would get in the classroom. Learning to work with students in groups and different types of people is good practice for when the students get into the real world. In a job a person is required to work with all different types of people and school gives them a good chance to improve those skills.
A way to determine a student’s readiness for a distance degree program would be the amount of self discipline a student has. If the student is not able to self monitor themselves they will have a hard time completing projects on their own. Since the distance degree program is an independent setting the student must be able to work on their own and get all the work done.
To be able to teach in a virtual school the teacher would need to be able to give explicit instructions. Since the students are not in the classroom with the students the teacher must be able to explain what the students are to accomplish and have the desired results produced. If the directions are not clear or the students do not understand the material it may be hard for them to complete the projects and even to understand the material because they are not in the classroom and they cannot ask the teacher the questions in person.