| Today the distance between the Southern tip of | | | | particular subject. Online distance learning also lets one |
| Australia and the Northern-most parts of Norway is | | | | take courses at one’s own pace. Gone are the |
| no longer unbridgeable. The Internet has | | | | days when one had to sink into the back-benches |
| revolutionized the way the world communicates, | | | | feeling left out from what’s being taught in class. |
| does business, and even coordinates classes albeit in | | | | Study at will, study at leisure— it’s all made |
| different parts of the world but all at the same time! | | | | possible by online distance education. |
| Distance education by means of online learning is the | | | | Virtual classrooms help students interact directly with |
| latest tool by which both children and adults in the | | | | their teachers and other fellow students without |
| remotest village in Africa or Asia can hope to receive | | | | having to move an inch from their sofas! So one can |
| education. | | | | live in Sydney but study at Berlin all with the help of |
| For the side providing education, distance or online | | | | online distance learning courses! Although this system |
| learning is not only cheap and convenient but also | | | | of education is absolutely useful, still one |
| prevents wasting time on transport and other | | | | disadvantage of this system might be that it depends |
| resources. And for the side of the receiving end, it is | | | | heavily on connectivity. Students in places with very |
| nothing short of a blessing. Education should be a | | | | low bandwidth can find it extremely annoying to wait |
| universal birthright for those seeking it and those | | | | while their page takes forever to load. But thanks to |
| who deserve it. Online or distance learning systems | | | | latest Internet technology these problems are on the |
| have lent further impetus to that. The study | | | | verge of being ironed out. |
| materials in distance or online learning courses are | | | | Now with real-time technologies, students and |
| usually fresh and the latest. Thankfully, one can say | | | | teachers can send and receive immediate feedback |
| ‘goodbye’ to centuries of old thoughts | | | | on courses and exams. The 3G spectrum in Internet |
| rusting in tattered books in libraries which are mostly | | | | telephony has made live video chats possible in many |
| inaccessible. | | | | countries. The rest of the world, too, will be able to |
| Additionally, online learning helps one get the latest | | | | avail of the advantage of live video interaction during |
| resources and references on any subject. And of | | | | online distance learning classrooms in another two to |
| course there is no limit to browsing as the Internet is | | | | three years. |
| filled with infinite number of resources on any | | | | |