U1: Activity 1.1

Face to face and Distance education

As we may know, not everyone learns the same way as well as not everyone has the same resources or opportunities to learn. Some students are able to attend to a classroom and take their classes there, but what happens with those who can not attend to a classroom, and yet they want to learn. These people have the choice of learning via internet, which means, open and distance education.

Let´s now talk about the main differences between these two ways of learning.

The classes where we need to attend to a classroom –better known as campus classes, provide us immediate feedback when we have a problem. Most of the students are used to this, and that´s why they prefer this kind of classes. Another advantage that campus classes have is that the teacher makes sure that the exercises are done correctly. However, campus classes tend to be more expensive than distance education.

On the other hand, distance education is a very good way to improve our autonomy. It also allows us to set our own place and time to study. Even though distance education does not allow us to interact physically whit our classmates, we can always use forums or discussions rooms to interact with them. However, it will always demand access to a computer and internet, and unfortunately, in our country, it is not always possible to have this two elements.

In summary, if we want to study a career, master, PhD, etc., we have these two options. I will not say that one is better than the other one because every person decides which method is the best for his/her needs.

Source: www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk