| Most people who would like to get a Bachelor's | | | | paper products such as notebooks, binders and similar |
| Degree online are daunted by the thought of having to | | | | objects. The ecology-minded seeker of an online |
| study by themselves for as much as four years. This | | | | degree would appreciate the fact that by using his |
| is not necessarily the case, however. The tools that | | | | computer's hard drive as a giant notebook he would |
| are available today make studying for an online degree | | | | be making a contribution to the environment. |
| much more user friendly. | | | | The use of aids such as audio and video files of |
| Tools such as Skype enable students to communicate | | | | lectures has also contributed to reduce the overall |
| with their peers not only in their own country but all | | | | costs of a Bachelor's Degree. An instructor can |
| over the world. Instead of getting feedback and mutual | | | | prepare his lectures in such a way as to enable his |
| help from a few classmates, the student studying for | | | | students, in the classroom and online, to obtain |
| a Bachelor's Degree can learn from and communicate | | | | maximum benefit from his classes. The instructor |
| with students from another culture. This is especially | | | | would not need to spend as much time with his online |
| useful in careers that involve intercultural input such as | | | | classes because his subject matter would be always |
| anthropology or sociology. | | | | available. |
| Another area where technology is a blessing is in the | | | | Before the Internet was widely available, getting a |
| materials that are used in the teaching and learning | | | | higher education involved long periods of waiting for |
| process. Audio and video files of lectures can be | | | | textbooks that took ages to arrive. Getting one's work |
| downloaded for studying at one's leisure. A student no | | | | corrected also involved another long waiting period. |
| longer has to wait for handouts that can sometimes | | | | This was why a four year degree could sometimes |
| be lost or is in short supply. More importantly, a student | | | | take five years or more. Today, however, everything |
| studying for a degree of any kind can work at his own | | | | is available at the click of a mouse. Taking an exam is |
| pace, dedicating more time to difficult subjects and | | | | now much simplified while the results can be available |
| zipping through the ones that he finds easy. | | | | immediately and, more importantly, the student can |
| Technology can also help by eliminating the need for | | | | continue with his studies with scarcely a pause. |