1.2.4 Your study motivations

Before you move on to the next sections of the course, it is worth considering your own motivations for study. Students of both distance and day campus universities share many motivations for study. They may study to:

• improve their career prospects
• follow a personal interest
• get ready for a new career
• try a topic they knew nothing about
• get the qualification they always wanted
• continue their professional development
• see if they can do it.

How many of these reasons apply to you? Do you have a particular reason for studying online?

Figure 3 Study motivations