Answer: Students who take part in distance education are generally adults, so compared with students in the traditional education mode, students in distance education have the general characteristics of adult learning. Distance students in China are different from western students in learning attitude, learning objectives, learning habits and learning organization;

(1) Accustomed to the teacher-centered explanation teaching method;

(2) Not adapting to the autonomous learning mode in distance education;

(3) Accustomed to memorizing billions of mechanical learning methods;

(4) Strong dependence on teachers;

(5) External learning motivation is stronger than internal learning motivation.