This effective study pattern is not just for those that need a different 'time' schedule. Distance learning is for masses too. The benefits of creating your own schedule simply give people ability to get on with their lives and fulfil their education ambitions. People with careers that are established have ability to further themselves without disruption to their lives and their employer's contracts. Most employers will support their employees with training bursaries for these courses because it offers them benefit of utilising their employee's new knowledge during working hours. Emma Jones, Director of Hugo Alan, a headhunting business in city of London says:

"Offering employees adequate training programs is beneficial to all involved…"

Caroline Needham offers a different point of view. She writes:

'The questions were always same. Do you have wheelchair access? When I get into building, are there stairs to get to classroom on another floor? Do you have elevators? Do you have parking close to building?

There are a lot of reasons to dread having to find out about courses to take if you are disabled, and it is not only difficult for those with motor problems. This can affect visually impaired, hard of hearing and alike no matter what age they may be.

Distance learning has taken strain out of this experience as learning doesn't accompany any stress. It is a way of gaining a quality education through home study with support of a tutor, and there is no requirement of boxing off certain times in your week for lectures, and no requirement of stress of travel. Computers have changed structure of most industries, and education industry is no exception. Being able to contact tutors with questions and send in class work through wonder of computer has cleared way for people to have their questions answered quickly, and their work graded within hours and days instead of weeks which allow student to continue on with their studies at a pace they are comfortable with. People need more flexibility and quality for their money and if education industry doesn't step up to mark, they will simply fall behind. People have a choice of who they study with these days, and they will go with establishments that offer them flexibility they need, and quality they deserve. I study with Oxford College ODL because they support me and let me do things my way. I am an adult and don't need to be told how to run my life. Distance learning outlines rules of what has to be adhered to, and lets student make all other decisions which never leaves student with stress of having to change their lives and make usually insurmountable efforts to adhere to rules that are simply there to make life easier not for student, but establishment they are learning with. Distance learning is a modern, responsible, and quality way of learning, and it is definitely way forward for everybody and not just those with special needs.'

Distance and open learning are slowly becoming biggest recognised option for study by public because of it’s lack of restraints. This option is recognised by British government to be worth offering funding and advancement so much so that they believe it will offer more than fifty percent of students that wouldn’t have studied further than their GCSE level of study a place in next five years. The government sees this as progress in field of education, and offers scheme a great amount of leeway.

Remember, helping your child with a computer at home isn't exclusively about using so called `educational software' like they do at school to teach spelling, maths or geography. Parents can often provide more help by encouraging their children to simply use computers more actively and creatively as they are, or will be, used in real world and to develop creative study and research skills that will complement and enhance their learning experience at school. To do that, you need to give your kids their best chance possible by getting them a really good multimedia PC.

But to prepare your children for future, you need more than hardware and software. The most important thing is to think about what they do with PC and what you can do to help. Don't worry about starting children too early. As soon as they can control their hands, children will find things to do with a computer.

It's not unusual to see three and four-year old happily working with paint programs and even creating and saving files. In many respects, having a computer at home can help older children with their school work in nearly every subject, just as having books at home helps them with reading and research. And because of its increasingly multimedia and interactive capabilities, a PC can provide a creative focus or outlet for even difficult children with no apparent interest in traditional education.

This concern about `giving kids best' for their education is an emotion that computer manufacturers are more than happy to exploit, with many of them offering PCs that are hyped as `ideal tool for education'. Then, of course, there's fact that more than a few parents use their kid's education as a way to justify buying a PC so they can play Doom. But hardware you buy is only half story and where home computers are concerned, bundled software is just as important as hardware.

It used to be that computer manufacturers interpreted phrase `for educational use' as meaning `last year's leftover stock with a copy of Encarta chunked in'. However, as home market has boomed, some manufacturers have come to realize that education has its own needs, and are producing systems that combine powerful hardware with a good range of bundled software with an obvious educational or informative bent.