Can You Be Educated From a Distance? (Barszcz)

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Can You Be Educated From a Distance?
With the advancement in technology and the use of internet in academic platforms, the establishment of distance learning has been on the boom across universities in America. People are capable of enrolling in a program of their choice from the comfort of their home wherever across the globe and can pursue a degree or any other offered level on the internet. The online distance learning is widespread and real as indicated by Phoenix University which offers online studies with a 90,000 student’s enrollment. The figure makes Phoenix the largest university in America. The distance learning has been linked to advantages like convenience and cost effectiveness, it a sign of advancement in education, and it is a symbol of social progress. Distance learning is the fastest growing academic platform that most people are adopting.
Distance learning is convenient and costs effective, in these programs, the instructor post’s the reading materials and assignments on the institutions websites. The students will access them via a customized password, and submit the final assignment via emails. This can be achieved at the comfort on one’s bed. The stress of having to meet the instructor face-to-face is not experienced. The communication channels available that connect the scholars in the same program and their instructors include threads messages and chat rooms that can be accessed publicly to all…