When I was a kid I used to study things according to the regular way which is going to the school or going to the university and have face to face lectures or classrooms with the teacher or the tutor. But a couple of years ago I chose to pursue my postgraduate studies. This is the first time that I changed my ordinary way of learning. That is distant learning. It was quite new to me because we were given a model and all the study materials were uploaded to that website. We as students had to go through all those study materials, finish that every weekly and then face to sit for the exam online and other than that we can do the assignments with the help of the lecturers. We can reach out if we need needed help but via emails. This was actually because I always wanted to go and talk to them but in a way this is really easy too. So if I wanted to know something I could just flick an email that’s it and that was pretty fast they are really replying quickly as well. So I think distant learning is a different way of serving students the study materials and it is really feasible method for the students who can’t attend the course in person.
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When I was a kid, I used to study things in the regular way, which is going to school or university and having face-to-face lectures or classrooms with the teacher or tutor. But a couple of years ago, I chose to pursue my postgraduate studies. This was the first time I changed my ordinary way of learning. That is distance learning. It was quite new to me because we were given a model, and all the study materials were uploaded to that website. We, as students, had to go through all those study materials, finish them every week, and then sit for the exam online. Other than that, we could do the assignments with the help of the lecturers. We could reach out if we needed help, but via email. This was actually because I always wanted to go and talk to them, but in a way, this was really easy too. If I wanted to know something, I could just send an email, and that was pretty fast; they replied quickly as well. So I think distance learning is a different way of providing students with study materials, and it is a really feasible method for students who can't attend the course in person.
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