If you are thinking about applying to an online university, there are some things you should know about the application process. Depending on the school, the process for applying can be a little different.

Ok, do maybe you are not 100% on board with the idea of earning your degree through distance learning. Maybe you like being around other students or maybe you like the whole campus experience. However, even if you are a full-time student it is not always easy to complete all of your requires classes on campus and on a schedule. Did you ever think of using distance learning as a way to fit in an extra class or make up credit?

Distance learning has been building in popularity over the last ten years. Recently, another similar trend Now, not only can you take a class online for credit; you might be able to complete an internship online for credit too!

I find it comical that the number one argument people give for not wanting to take an online class is that you need to be self disciplined. Hello guys! What is wrong with that exactly? If anything online education teaches you a valuable life lesson early on that you can carry with you a lifetime.

Look, you need to be self disciplined to get to class at a ground university too, right? And you still need to put the work in to earn a good grade, right? I guess I just don’t understand the warped logic.

My Dad used to say the more things change the more they really stay the same, and that’s certainly true of online education when you get right down to it.

People tend to think that online education and traditional learning are completely different from one another, but that is simply not true. Both modes of learning have quite a bit in common actually.

Online education, which grew 13% last year, continues to gain momentum as a widely accepted form of education throughout the marketplace. Once viewed as an Achilles heal, online education is now viewed as a favorable alternative to traditional classroom and setting and is the only way millions of Americans can earn their degree.

When I was enrolled in a couple of online degree classes last year with some fellow thirty something year old friends we all came to the same conclusion at the end of the semester. Geesh, that was easier than I thought it would be. But why is that?

I think the person who set the five class per semester / four year model to secure a bachelors degree was a glutton for punishment. Four years to get a BA or BS is just not very feasible these days. However, some students have turned to online education to help them stay the four year course.

A recent study on the benefits of distance learning issued by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), led Walden University President Jonathan Kaplan to publish an editorial in Inside Higher Ed, a premier higher education news source, on the benefits of online education.

The challenges posed by multi-state regulation of distance learning and online higher education will be the focal point of the October 13, 2009, session of The President’s Forum, a gathering of distance learning leaders from around the nation.