deliver papers across campus. One week ago, I fought off a distant feeling of agita and slept in; classes for the week had been cancelled, resulting in a welcome addition to spring break. Today I write from an indefinite at-home self-quarantine. Like many students around the world, my school moved to distance education, and I had toThis turn of events is unprecedented. Grades are the last thing on my mind at a time when I’m worried for the safety of my loved ones and my community.
But once my spring break ends, my university and other schools around the country will resume in a rather different format: online. For those of us accustomed to a typical classroom setting, this sudden change may be jarring and confusing, sois taking a look at what constitutes distance learning, why we’re doing it, and some of its expected obstacles., more than one third of American students at postsecondary institutions take at least one course via distance education.