{"id":1044,"date":"2021-03-16T14:54:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T14:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firstclasseducation.org\/blog\/?p=1044"},"modified":"2021-03-16T14:54:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T14:54:47","slug":"why-discipline-is-important-in-open-and-distance-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firstclasseducation.org\/blog\/why-discipline-is-important-in-open-and-distance-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Discipline Is Important In Open And Distance Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a distance education student, one has to study on his\/her own pace, own time and by him\/herself. Despite the freedom given to students to control their study time, one has to comply with the deadlines imposed by their respective faculty-in-charge to avoid incomplete grades and or deductions. One of the traits that a distance education learner student should have is DISCIPLINE. Since you handle your own study time, it is very very very easy to procrastinate by not doing your assignments on time and \/ or not reading the modules, resources and books given by the faculty-in-charge. It is easy such as, \u201cOh I\u2019ll just read this later or tomorrow or next week or next month.\u201d Only to find out that there\u2019s something you need to submit tomorrow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I cannot emphasize on that more. There are subjects that are quite demanding when it comes to the requirements to be submitted. You really need a lot of time to sit down, read your books and do your lengthy assignments. But I am lucky because the teachers in UP Open University are considerate enough to extend the deadlines or sometimes they would make adjustments to the assignments. Discipline is the key the to excel in this mode of learning. Others won\u2019t think that learning this way is easy. Yes, we don\u2019t attend regular classes. Yes, we don\u2019t have daily quizzes. But we are given a lot of required readings, online forums and exercises to answer, chat and study sessions to attend to, lengthy assignments and many others. Disciplining yourself is hard especially when you\u2019re on your own. There is no teacher to scold when you\u2019re sleeping instead of reading your books. No teacher to force you to do your assignments and submit them on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am not saying that there are no teachers that will guide you to fully understand the course. What I am trying to say is that open and distance learning is very much different from the traditional mode of learning. In fact, your teachers together with the school administrators are a call, SMS or e-mail away. Whenever I tell my friends that I only attend class once every month, they would be amazed and would say, \u201cAy, gusto koi rim Nyan! (Oh, I want that too!) \u201d Without actually knowing what open and distance learning is and how this mode of learning really works. Honestly, there are times where I would struggle just to finish a single assignment because of the Internet \u2014 chatting, blogging, etc. Well, I cannot fully abstain myself from the Internet because I communicate with my classmates and professors through it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whenever I would access the Internet to check on our course site, it is very unavoidable for me to visit other websites such Twitter, Pluck, Multiply, Friendster and others. In fact whenever I face the computer, I tend to multi-task \u2014 blogging, listening to music, plucking and doing my assignment. I am not encouraging you to do the same because I know that it\u2019s not good. I\u2019m just trying to say that I\u2019m not a perfect student and I sometimes procrastinate and cram. I believe those two are normal in everyone\u2019s academic life. I believe that if you can discipline yourself well, then you\u2019ll probably can survive in open and distance learning. Even though the lessons are the same with the traditional mode of learning, open and distance learning is very much different from the traditional and conventional mode of learning. If you\u2019re planning to study through distance education you must be ready to be on your own. Well, earning a\u00a0degree online\u00a0is not an easy task.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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