The question that can be asked is, how flexible is online learning? In short words, more than we can imagine. Who thought that anyone from around the world can one day access his courses anytime, 24 over 7 while maintaining a balanced life between work, education, and family commitment? Well, online education gives all the people this opportunity, as mentioned by Will Erstad this comes in favor for a large number of people from working students in restaurants that have am and pm shifts and full time working employees, which gives them the chance to learn at any spare time in the schedule of the student where they can study during work breaks, at night, and on the weekend, and Dave Tomar comes to support this statement in his article where he shared the experience of many working busy people and one example is Russell, studying for a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice Case Management from American Intercontinental University, explains that The flexibility of an online college is its greatest perk. Being a non-traditional student automatically entails that I am working for a living. That being the case, it would have been impossible for me to further my education at a traditional campus college., in addition to all the life experiences shared by how distance learning helped employed students complete their degrees, Maureen Hannay confirms in a study done on 27 students who chose off-campus learning that 88% of them chose online learning because they have other commitments. Between the age of 8 and 25 are the best times to party and live life the most, but after a long night people are not able to get up early to catch university, add to this category the people that like to study at night, that is not a problem anymore with online learning, party addict, night owl or an early riser, online courses are accessible in the morning and at night 24/7 as stated in the article ΒThe Advantages and Importance of Online Learning.In addition, according to the article ΒThe Advantages and Importance of Online Learning people can access the online material anywhere, using the laptop, phone or tablet while sitting in a comfortable chair, laying on the bed, in a cafe, in the house which is a quiet and better environment for studying. This comes with positive energy for the students where Che Nidzam Che Ahmad, Saidatul Ainoor Shaharim2 & Mohd Faizal Nizam Lee Abdullah mentioned: Therefore, comfort is the key in encouraging learning effectiveness. A comfortable learning environment which meets the needs of students will encourage active participation and enhance th
e understanding of the concept. This flexibility is useful for parents so they can watch their kids at home while watching courses instead of hiring a babysitter to attend the university, if kids need food no problem pause the video prepare the food, and then continue, it is possible to divide the course into many parts take as much time as wanted with any part, take breaks between the parts and then continue, whereas in traditional learning there is a syllabus that should be followed and finished in time.
Another advantage of online learning is the possibility to enroll in accelerated courses that can resolve the problems of many students that need to make money as fast as possible and this is confirmed by Findings from the Call for Evidence on Accelerated Courses and Switching University or Degree article that states many advantages statistics :Benefits of accelerated degree courses include reduced overall costs for students and taxpayers, increased value for money for students , 73% of suppliers who replied detailed seeing request from students and employees stating that they want to learn and train in a quicker way with the accelerated courses compared to what regular traditional degrees can offer in order to enter the labor market to support their families can enroll in accelerated courses, and this in a very effective way because in this same article 86% of the providers state that accelerated courses would be suitable for most of the material they offer, students on accelerated courses are more concentrated and propelled to finish their degrees than those on traditional degree program, all this with the same assimilation and understanding of the courses and very close results in the exams,in addition students seeking multiple degree as fast as possible to satisfy their love of education and improvement should choose accelerated courses where they can finish the same number of degrees in half the time according to many universities as was stated in the article Fastest Accelerated Online Degrees like in B.S. in California Baptist University where courses such as Public Health, B.S. in Computer Information Technology, B.S. in Criminal Justice can be taken in 6 months instead of 36 months, add to this masters and doctoral degree that are also available ,like in The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill one of the most prestigious online schools and it offers multiple accelerated degrees including physical therapy, which can be completed in under two years, Nursing DNP, which can be completed in 24-36 months and must more other universities.