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by MattPalmer1086 2344 days ago
I did an MSc online distance learning back in 2003 from Royal Holloway. I built a lot of useful relationships and had great conversations with my fellow online students.

Our lecturers said we were far more social than the campus students, who just went to lectures, the library, or home. Probably because we were all sitting on our own in front of a computer, so actively tried to counteract the loneliness of it...