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Online learning

Online learning is a specialised form of distance learning. It’s a whole new way to learn, and since the internet came along in the 1990s it has been developing very quickly.

All you need is a computer and access to the internet. Then you can learn online wherever you are, whenever you like and all at your own pace.

Use the internet to:

• access all the information you need for your subject
• do interactive exercises to check your progress
• e-mail and discuss your work online with your tutor

And because you’re online, you can:

• meet other learners in online classrooms
• discuss your work online with them

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