Discussion

The results from the study show that for the majority of respondents learning is done at home with either paper based or web based materials.

It will also appear from this result that use of online resources tends to be mainly for assessment related tasks and to a lesser extent for online resources associated with the delivery of course content and
reference materials.

The physical learning environments and resources used by distance and regular students were somewhat same.

The result of this study shows that there is limited use of online resources. The results from this study suggest that regular students in this study favour independent study over other form
of study.

With the range of communication options available  the distance
education students learning through online mode tend to most often use e-mail with the results showing nearly double usage  of that of regular on-campus students.
On the other hand there was limited use of a chat rooms and discussion forums. It is difficult to say whether the design and development of online courses enable students to more fully integrate with their online environment or the entire range of online components were available for use.