1. Costs and Benefits of Distance Education
By: John Bergantino

2. What is Distance Education
Using online tools and programs to share information between teacher and students, and between students and their peers
Main form is through the internet

3. Examples of Distance Education
Online Study Sites
Koofers, Study Blue, Sparknotes, Course Hero, etc.
Teacher to student learning centers
UGA eLearning Commons
Online universities
University of Phoenix

4. Benefits of Distance Education
Allows students to access millions of documents to aid their study process
Student to Student learning is greatly facilitated
Teachers can post homework and paper prompts online
Students who can’t physically attend a class can still get an education at home

5. Costs of Distance Education
May facilitate academic dishonesty
Specifically in the form of plagiarism
Students may use sources that aren’t factually correct
Can allow students to rely to heavily on their peers, thus diminishing overall learning
Google docs
Many of the online universities don’t have the same credibility as other schools

6. Conclusion Distance Education can be an incredibly useful tool
It can be easily taken advantage of
Ultimately it is up to the professor or teacher to decide how to use it to the benefit of the classroom