Why Distance Education is Better

Classroom based education today faces more challenges than ever:

• Teachers are under increased pressure to cope with ever changing demands on their roles.
• Mixed ability classes mean that teaching staff are not able to provide the same time and attention to all students.
• Textbooks that were the backbone of courses in the past are becoming unavailable as electronic publishing impacts on the print media industry.
• Pressures on costs can put a strain and restriction on the facilities available.

These and many other pressures serve to reduce the quality of the delivery of classroom education. At the same time, technological advances have been allowing distance education to get better and better every year.

ACS – Embracing and developing with technology

ACS started in 1979, and by 1982 was using computer technology to write and print courses. We have developed our school alongside a global technological revolution, adopting and applying new technologies to distance education as those technologies have emerged.

Our experience has taught us how to deliver education in the most effective way, using modern technology. This has allowed us to build a reputation that sets our graduates apart in the global marketplace.

ACS – Studying for tomorrow

Too many courses today are stuck in the past, giving graduates qualifications (often accredited), but leaving them with out of date skills and often unemployed.

Too many students commence courses with their sights on a job that exists when they start studying, but not recognising the fact that industries are changing so fast that by the time they finish studies, their job prospects may be completely different. In some instances, the job they started out chasing might not even exist by the time they finish studying. 

ACS – Recognising a changing world

This fast-changing world of ours can be unsettling for some. We all prefer to set our sights on a long-term goal and achieve it. The reality is that the ability to live that way is diminishing every year that passes.

You have two choices in your education –

1. One is to ignore the changes under way in our world, and hope that studying something that has worked in the past, will work for you in the future.
2. The other is to recognise that that there will be unforeseen opportunities in the future, and then prepare yourself as best you can to capitalise on those opportunities.

ACS – Preparing graduates for the real world

With ACS you do not just learn a subject, we want you to understand what you study and adopt an outlook that will help you to capitalise on what you have learnt.

• Being prepared to capitalise on future opportunities in your field of study.
• Awareness of the subject and the industry.
• Understanding of how to use what is learnt in real life situations.
• Ability to communicate with greater confidence and accuracy.
• Capacity to solve problems related to this subject.