Home education and higher education at home

Higher education at home or just home schooling over time and due to the rapid development of computer technology is becoming more popular in our country. This education is called distance learning. The very method originated abroad in the 70's in connection with the technological boom, and now, at last, it has come to us. So what is a higher education at home? These are the same lectures, the same homework, writing test works, only online. Such an education has a number of positive and negative features.

To the positive aspects, one can attribute the decrease in expenses for home schooling. You do not need to get to the location of the school, you do not need to spend money for living and food in another city. Since all work is done electronically, you do not need to spend money to buy paper to write control or coursework, you do not need to buy textbooks, they are in electronic form. In addition, home education is convenient, above all, for those people who do not have the opportunity to leave home. For example, you can not leave work for a long time or because of your poor health, your physical abilities are limited, you have a small child or other urgent business that requires your personal presence. Factors can be many, but the convenience of this position can be seen immediately. Another advantage of this training is a flexible schedule, which you set for yourself.

Now educational institutions can provide a similar way of teaching to many categories of the population, regardless of age, occupation or physical condition, which is also important, because some universities can not teach some of these categories. For example, people with disabilities can not study in all educational institutions and not all professions, there is also an age barrier for future students, and with the help of distance education opportunities there is much more.

In order to be able to get home schooling at the level of higher education, now you need a little. Access to the Internet is desirable with a web camera and microphone and copies of education documents. All! With the help of the Internet, you can chat with any teacher, listen to any lecture online or download any tutorial or abstract for training. So, having absolutely no technical means, you will learn firsthand what an external study is.

Of course, such training has a number of shortcomings. While conducting a survey among people who graduated from higher education institutions in a remote way, some disadvantages of such training were noted. Namely, when gaining knowledge via the Internet, there is no emotional coloring when teaching any material, which affects perception. After all, many remember some teachers whose lectures I wanted to attend not only because of interesting material, but for the very manner of teaching. Laconical material in electronic form can not provide this, and, of course, this affects the perception of knowledge. Another disadvantage is the lack of discipline, because you decide when to do assignments and in what order, which adversely affects the discipline. Another drawback is the lack of practical exercises, because everyone knows that what is done by the hands, is remembered faster and for a longer period.

You can discuss the pros and cons of getting distance education for a long time, everyone for himself heard the arguments he needed. But if you really want to get a high-quality and complete higher education, it depends only on you and your desire and diligence, and not on the way, because the way is just a means to achieve what you want.