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As many of us pursue our higher education there are many challenges and choices we have to make along the way. These challenges and choices are influenced by a variety of outside factors. Some of the major challenges we face are time management and the prioritization of our daily professional and personal responsibilities. For a student such as myself I have to balance my class schedule and assignment due dates with a full time career that at a moments notice may require me to be away from home for up to six months at a time. For others, they may have a demanding career and the additional responsibility of being a parent to one or more children. Regardless of the mirage of challenges, there are choices we have as to how we plan to obtain our respective degrees. With advances in technology many colleges and universities have developed alternatives to traditional formal classroom instruction. Distance learning is an alternative degree option that allows students to pursue degrees from home utilizing the internet. There are thousands of students that have obtained their degrees without stepping foot in a traditional classroom (Beard, 2002). Students correspond with instructors and other students through discussion forums, email, and the occasional phone call. As you can see there are options available to accommodate must students and it is up to us, as students to choose traditional classroom instruction or the technological advancement of distance learning.

When enrolling into college the choice of electing to be a traditional student or nontraditional student was a difficult decision for me. For my lifestyle and career demands the flexibility of not having to report to a classroom at a specified time and day was very a...

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...Student perceptions of online versus on campus instruction. Education, 122(4), 658. Retrieved on April 05, 2011. from EBSCOhost: http://web.ebscohost.com.vlib.excelsior.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=d17b1377-6e30-44f8-9e68-939aca3fcbec%40sessionmgr15&vid=1&hid=8.

Diaz, D. P., & Cartnal, R. B. (1999). Students' Learning Styles in Two Classes. College Teaching, 47(4), 130. Retrieved on April 05, 2011. from EBSCOhost: http://web.ebscohost.com.vlib.excelsior.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=d17b1377-6e30-44f8-9e68-939aca3fcbec%40sessionmgr15&vid=1&hid=8.

Lorenzetti, J. (2005). Secrets of online success: Lessons from the Community Colleges. Distance Education Report, 9(11), 3-6. Retrieved on April 05, 2011. from EBSCOhost: http://web.ebscohost.com.vlib.excelsior.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=3194a029-21f6-4cbe-8c5c-04499723c1db%40sessionmgr11&vid=1&hid=8.

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