" Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do when it aught to be done, whether you like it or not." -Thomas Huxley

• Is Distance or Study at Home Education for you? Can the power of the Internet and e-learning play a part in the future education of you, your family, your company and your country? Our firm has researched many sources of distance learning and the suitability of individuals who can make a success of this method of study. Delamere-Pennine Associates is a supporter of the organization "Distance Education & Training Council" based in the USA, and they have prepared a series of FREE reports, which answer most of the questions asked by individual considering distance or study at home programmes. The most prominent question asked "Is Distance Education for You?" Please click on this link for a full review of this important question. click here This free 24 page report is a downloadable doument in PDF format so you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader®, which you can download also for free.

Is home study and e-learning for you?

There are a lot of reasons why e-learning might be right for you!

• Here are some very good reasons:
  • Flexibility of schedules.
  • Study at your own pace.
  • Avoids time consuming and expensive travel.
  • You can access your course material while on the move, at home, at work, or on a trip.
  • Increased job opportunities and salaries.
  • Earn an internationally recognized diploma without having to interrupt your current career.
  • Online learning offers you a wide range of resources to assist your study programme.
  • If you can answer "yes" to most of the following questions, you will probably find online learning suitable and easy to handle:
    • Does your lifestyle, family, work and personal schedule make it difficult to get to a campus?
    • Can you dedicate at least 12 hours each week to home study, sometimes evenings or weekends?
    • Are you self-motivated and self-disciplined?
    • Do you look forward to learning new skills?
    • Do you have access to a computer, the Internet and phone line?
    • Are you comfortable communicating in writing?
    • Are you comfortable using the Internet, e-mail, computers and new technology?
      
      
      
• Take a free online test to see if you are suitable for distance learning and home study. We recommend that you go to our "orientation page" and take the "Self Assessment Test" called "Are You Ready to Take an Online Course?" click here
  
  
  
  
• We are pleased to announce that our education sponsors, the "MTC International Foundation (USA)" has introduced a new and innovative series of online training courses and career qualifications, which are directly related to assisting individuals to become prepared to qualify and competently handle a wide variety of employment positions. This well established and imaginative e-learning institute is now registered in the United States of America as the "Delamere Institute of Online Learning" but all courses offered are suitable for international students. For a review of the courses now available and what benefits are now open to individuals, schools and companies, at an international level. Click Here

• Our firm has also researched various other distance learning and e-learning programmes and resources - These resources have been recommended or referred to us as they include subjects and courses not yet offered by the Delamere Institute of Online Learning, and we have categorized them for your convenience. We hope that in your search for the best programmes, that will assist you in self-improvement, career advancement or simply to widen your knowledge and skills, that you will find the services we have listed useful to your goals. These distance learning courses cover general areas of education, plus certain specialized areas, for example, languages, art, music, computer training, health & fitness, digital design, travel & tourism, media & marketing, forex trading, online stock trading, plus others will be added in the course of our research. For a full list of current distance learning subjects, courses and e-learning providers. Click here

• Green Education Courses - These are now becoming a very popular and attractive education source, and are highly recommended. Read more.

• Academic Earth - As more and more high quality educational content becomes available online for free, we ask ourselves, what are the real barriers to achieving a world class education? At Academic Earth, we are working to identify these barriers and find innovative ways to use technology to increase the ease of learning. We are building a user-friendly educational ecosystem that will give internet users around the world the ability to easily find, interact with, and learn from full video courses and lectures from the world's leading scholars. Our goal is to bring the best content together in one place and create an environment in which that content is remarkably easy to use and where user contributions make existing content increasingly valuable. We invite those who share our passion to explore our website, participate in our online community, and help us continue to find new ways to make learning easier for everyone. Visit this site.
  
  
  

  
  

• Online Universities, Institutes and Colleges - For a comprehensive list of reputable resources for online education, click here.

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