Entry 1 - Distance Learning

This was the first class i attended. It was on the History of Distance Learning. I was engrossed with the lesson. Because it was something new - distance learning. all this while i thought distance learning is much easier with less homework, less syllabus and much cheaper. eventully i realise that to have distance learning classes, is much challenging compared to full-time classes. there are modules that is segregated into spurts of units with good rubrics, material, usage of multimedia so that students will be able to understand. but what surprise me is even with distance learning offerred not many could pursue their studies. is it because the cost of the multimedia or they could not understand the module or it is less interesting (maybe the content is different with their job experience). I guess in Malaysia we are still way behind in advancement of technology. many of us still complain on the cost in providing the multimedia service. due to that it hampers lots of students chances to access to information globally. besides that lots of material is not published in online journal for these intersubjectivity students could gain knowledge. therefore constraint of time maybe the probability that many distance learners may not want to join this class. Hope more can be done on this matter.