It’s harder to learn online. Here’s how to cope.

How to succeed with online learning and distance learning

We live in the new world of remote learning over and above in-person learning. The balance always used to be the other way, until now.

But it’s actually harder to cope with remote learning— here’s why, and here’s how to cope.

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Distance learning comes with its challenges.

It’s a bit of a misnomer to call it a work/life balance, when in fact, people often experience issues with a life/study balance — it’s just that we’re not used to that dichotomy.

Challenges you might face with remote learning

• Life/study balance — particularly family commitments
• Work/study balance — where the rigour of the course might demand that you work less and study more, or the other way around, which can be disruptive
• Finance — paying for the course as well as the bills
• Feelings of isolation — whether that’s from studying alone remotely, or seeing your friends less because you’re studying
• The leap — stepping up from a previous level of study to a higher one
• The return — studying after a long break from education…