• Distance learners take courses for many reasons, particularly to learn new subjects and skills or update
old ones. They may enroll to fulfill a personal goal or for work-related reasons.
• Most participate in a DE course voluntarily.
• Most are not strangers to formal education.
• The more experience the learner has with formal education, the better his/her chances are of completing
a distance learning course.
• Distance learners tend to be more field independent and self-directed than traditional learners.
• Most take learning seriously, are highly