Friday, August 28, 2009

5 Benefits of Online Degrees/Online Learning

By: Kris De Leon

If you are pondering whether to take online degrees courses, consider the following benefits:

  1. Flexibility and Convenience:- we live in a fast pace world, and can find it quite difficult to integrate education and continued learning into our busy schedule. With online learning, you can take these classes during your lunch break, or when your kids are watching television. You have 24-access to course materials, and can easily focus more time on areas that are difficult, and less time on the areas that you can grasp rather quickly.
  2. Location:- online learning allows you to complete your coursework from the comfort of your home, your office, at a coffee shop, or anywhere where you have access to the Internet. You have the convenience to take the course work anywhere you want.
  3. Lower Costs:- since you can study at the comfort of your own home, you don't need to spend the extra costs on meals, transportation costs, or hiring a babysitter if you have kids. Companies and institutions who provide the online learning program have lower operating costs, which allows them to pass on lower program fees to their students.
  4. Increased Technical Literacy:- since you have to navigate around an Internet environment, you can master the technical competencies needed to work online. You can become more technical savvy and can apply new skills to both your personal and professional life.
  5. Increased Interaction with Classmates and Instructor:- many students are uncomfortable asking questions out of fear of sounding uneducated. The Internet alleviates this fear and lets you ask questions directly to your instructor by submitting e-mail queries at anytime, without having other students know that you have asked this questions. Online learning can also encourage you to interact among other classmates by offering them online spaces to work together.

Kris de Leon is a Global Executive Recruiter with a passion for online learning and digital media. You can check out his articles in his blog http://www.onlinelearningarena.com

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