Saturday, March 5, 2011

Some things You Need to Know about fernstudium

fernstudium/distance education is a new horizon in the education industry. It focuses on a relatively new and revolutionary way of teaching whose sole purpose is to deliver knowledge and impart education to students who are incapable of physically attend traditional classes due to some unavoidable reason. Wiki defines distance education as “a process for the creation and the providing of access to learning when the origin/source of information and the learners are separated by both distance and time.” There are also several hybrid or blended courses under fernstudium that require the physical presence of the student, say for examinations.

Some people are still of the notion that the term ‘fernstudium’ translates into a scene where the student is waiting at the doorstep, waiting for the mail service to deliver packages containing course materials or notes. This is a primitive concept and several, no, almost all, reputed schools, colleges and universities have incorporated the internet as the primary source of imparting the courses since as early as the 1980s. This trend has made countless students to adopt fernstudium as their top priority for both their primary and higher education. Online learning or e-learning has radically changed the distance education scenario.

The popularity of fernstudium schools in particular is on the rise. They allow for both the flexibility and the convenience of pursuing studies on one’s own schedule. Admit it, we all hate deadlines and the student more so. Study should be interesting and not something to be imposed upon. Students favor fernstudium schools as they give them the liberty to study wherever and whenever they want. This is what many of us would have wanted—yet here it is, up for the grabs!

The lower tuition fees are another reason for the popularity of fernstudium schools. After the ‘big crunch’ state and national student loans and grants are running dry and both the schools and the students are questing for cheaper alternatives. Online schools are a hell lot cheaper and just as good. You can get the same course for almost half the fee yet receive the same quality education. Many institutions will offer fee waivers, scholarships and low interest loans too, so money will never be a problem.

No matter if your child is being homeschooled, admit him/her in a fernstudium school just to supplement his/her curriculum. fernstudium programs are just as effective at improving SAT score, better I daresay, than even conventional schools/colleges.

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