Hi Great,

There is no such hard and fast rule that during distance education you can't have a regular course. All these things depends on your comfort and availability along with interest so work according to that. 

Dear Great,

I personally Mr. Great want to make you know that If a student has potential he/she will achieve anything whether he/she does her course from distance or regular. 

Advantage of distance learning over regular is that  distance learning enables the students to complete their coursework anywhere without any restriction of attending the classes physically. The only requirement of distance learning is to have a computer and a good internet connection.

It is somehow good for who want to do something else side by side .

Hope you got your answer.

Good luck :)