Anyone else studying from home?

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I was wondering if anybody else here is studying from home, via the internet or a correspondence course? I would like to state this tentatively, but this way of studying seems a lot more suited to a lot of people on the spectrum than the traditional attending lectures and classes on campus. No travelling, no fellow students with their social hierarchy, no group exercises (role playing exercises and class debates almost killed me in uni, I hated participating so much) and you have a lot of freedom in planning when, where and how quicky you want to study. At the end, you get your degree in a subject you are passionate about without a lot of the hassle. I started yesterday and I'm sold! Oh, FYI: I'll be doing a four year course on how to become a Dutch/English translator.

I am studying a foreign language at home with Rosetta Stone and am really enjoying it. In the past, I have taken several online courses with the local community college and LOVED it. I, too, cannot stand "group work," study circles, project teams, etc.

An enjoyable experience with online learning comes down to three things: your ability to manage yourself and your time; the technology associated with the course (videos better upload, internet better not go down at crucial times, websites better not crash, etc.); and finally the skills and competence of the course instructor. Since there are so many variables, some courses will be better than others, but online learning is here to stay.

Good luck with your course! Perhaps that should be a goal to set for myself, too, once I get fluent in this new language!

In spite of the problems I'm having with communications class, I actually enjoy going to classes in person.

I guess maybe because I'm so old, I don't feel obliged to interact with most of my classmates, so I'm not stressed socially.

I do tend to make friends with my professors too. Especially in writing intensive classes. The instructors always want to discuss my papers.