You may be studying in your living room, but you are not alone when you take a distance learning course. Distance learning saves commuting time, but these courses require at least as much time as attending classes and completing assignments for campus courses. The Web site provides instruction, online quizzes and sample code, which students modify to complete homework assignments. Voice mail and e-mail allow you to ask questions of your instructor. The instructor will either e-mail you or call you at a convenient time.
Students have the ability to send assignments by electronic mail.
Each student's work is evaluated by experienced Java programming instructors. Developers Distance learning courses were developed by leading programming professionals with in-depth knowledge and extensive experience in the use and teaching of programming languages. If you are planning to use another platform, Sun provides a listing of many of the ports of the JDK to other platforms. If you use the free JDK, you will also need a text editor, and there are free versions of these available for all platforms. Access to e-mail is also required for submitting assignments and getting help from the instructor.