The results of this study provide evidence for evaluation of the objectives in distance learning education. It is important to determine evidence that adults are acquiring knowledge. Also it is important to develop methods to analyze their needs and to appraise solutions to fulfilling them.
It is recommended that evaluation involving evidence which based on the results of this study. It will be useful to determine habits and certain operational skills in online education. Interviews can become great changes, which taking place in attitudes and interests. In the form of questionnaires,such interviews will give evidence about interests, attitudes, and behaviors related to distance-learning education.
Finally, students rate distance learning in various ways. There are some problems in the area of curriculum development. It is agreed that there are not all courses are suitable for this mode. In most cases, students have been deprived of critical educational experiences essential to real learning. A lot of students indicate that some courses could be more time consuming than face-to-face classes. There are no more lectures with a reduction in feedback and personal interaction among colleagues. For most students this type of learningis not conveniently. Some subjects are taught not so effectively online as others. Many adult graduate students are attracted to the convenience of distance learning. It allows them to spend more time with family. Also it allows to avoid missing work in case to attend a traditional course.
There is need of much more researches, to verify the use of technology potential in developing rigorous curriculum for students. Also there is a need of attaining the original teaching goals. Distance learning will not produced the same academic elite as the face-to-face mode. It would never replace into traditional learning. More data need to be accumulated. There is a definite need to develop strategies for teaching in distance learning in order to teach effectively. A lot of different ways in delivery will facilitate teaching methods. It will build students’ inquiry and problem-solving skills as well as their content knowledge in every subject. Although technology is an integral part of distance education. Any successful program must focus primarily on the instructional needs of the students rather than the technology.
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