Convenience of Online Learning

Online education gives learners the opportunity to achieve their educational goals without giving up their current lifestyle. At AGSE, the flexibility of “attendance” allows learners to continue working full time and maintain personal and family obligations.
- Participate when it’s convenient for you
- Log in to your courses from any location with a computer and internet access
- Interact and collaborate with teachers from around the world
- Save hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars by avoiding the costs associated with on-campus education (housing, travel, textbooks, etc.)
Possibly the most exciting benefit of online learning is its efficacy. A 12-year meta-analysis of research by the U.S. Department of Education found that higher education students in online learning generally performed better than those in face-to-face courses.*
*U.S. Department of Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies, Washington, D.C., 2009.
