Distance Education

Distance education can be extremely beneficial to many students. One of the ways it could be beneficial is students who move around a lot. Often students have parents whose jobs require them to frequently relocate such as active duty military. When students move they often miss learning about certain subjects and relearn others. By giving these students the opportunity that parents move often a chance to have a consistent classroom you know they are not missing anything and do not have to worry about them being behind when entering a new school.
However with everything that has its benefits there also disadvantages. One of distance education is the lack of interaction with other people. Students may only be comfortable with interacting with other people in a virtual way. So it may benefit there education, but socially it may harm them when they are forced to be out in the real world, and do not have the safety net of a computer.
Since distant education can be beneficial to some students if it appropriate for them. Students need to show an ability to stay on task on their own if they are to use distance education. It also may be appropriate for students with medical conditions.
To be able to teach in a virtual school it would be important to have the knowledge of how to use all the resources available. Since the whole thing is on the computer being able to provide the students with feedback would be beneficial instead of just posting grades.