Can anyone tell me the disadvantages of Distance learning?

[MISin08]

I think the biggest disadvantage is missing out on all the insights and knowledge that the teacher brings to class lectures.

I agree that can be a disadvantage. I got to meet Geoffrey Ashe at a friend's house because he would come to teach at our local urban university. Trading emails with such a man would not have anywhere near the impact of meeting him. Having taken computer programming via distance, if I wanted to learn it well enough for work, I would choose a traditional class. The email cycle is just too slow when you run into problems.

However, learning to find your own insights is engaging in a way that classroom dialog is not. Distance learning doesn't stop you from interviewing an important figure or reading powerful and affecting books or articles. You can always enroll in F2F classes to have more contact, and having the freedom to choose when and when not to avail yourself of this is invaluable.

Phillip