Just had to chime in here. Distance Learning is just a format - like classrooms are just a format - for a learning experience. You don't get a distance learning degree - you get it through and using distance learning. They say by 2003, 85% of U.S. colleges will be offering distance learning courses and that 15% of all college students will be taking distance learning courses. That's quite a trend for traditional colleges and universities. And it means lots of flexibility for busy, working students (usually adults). RIT (distancelearning.rit.edu) for one, has been offering some of its on-campus degree programs through various forms of distance learning since 1991 -- including an M.S. in IT and one in Software Development. It's the same faculty, the same 11-week courses, the same course numbers, and the same degree programs as the on-campus format. And..you can take the courses when you can fit the work (and there's alot of it) around your life. For example, right now, my work day is done, my kids are in bed, and I'm in my "virtual classroom" in the PhD program in Education from the University of Nebraska.
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Just had to chime in here. Distance Learning is just a format - like classrooms are just a format - for a learning experience. You don't get a distance learning degree - you get it through and using distance learning. They say by 2003, 85% of U.S. colleges will be offering distance learning courses and that 15% of all college students will be taking distance learning courses. That's quite a trend for traditional colleges and universities. And it means lots of flexibility for busy, working students (usually adults). RIT (distancelearning.rit.edu) for one, has been offering some of its on-campus degree programs through various forms of distance learning since 1991 -- including an M.S. in IT and one in Software Development. It's the same faculty, the same 11-week courses, the same course numbers, and the same degree programs as the on-campus format. And..you can take the courses when you can fit the work (and there's alot of it) around your life. For example, right now, my work day is done, my kids are in bed, and I'm in my "virtual classroom" in the PhD program in Education from the University of Nebraska.