I did half of my science degree and pretty much all of my postgrad stuff remotely. It really suited me as lectures just make me fall asleep and I have to read it to take it in anyway. Not sure what your course will be like but mine were typically two assignments during the semester, one mid semester exam and one final exam. I usually got both assignments out of the way first, and then started studying for the exams and going through all of the content. I did this because assignments have an end while studying you never really finish until the exam hits so it just worked out, but it will depend on what your subject is and how they have set it out. Also I found that if stayed ahead I stayed motivated and once I feel behind my motivation disappeared! Good luck! I found distance great and hope you do too.
Make sure that you do all your housework first. THere is nothing worse than leaving it to get stuck into study and then getting to 5pm and realising that you have a mountain of housework to do as well. It never takes me very long if I do a little bit each day and when do washing, I put a load on, do a bit and then take a break to hang it out. Its not hard to stay on top of it all once you get the hang of it.
Watching for tips, I'm doing a 12 week entry course to uni and am concerned how I'm going to juggle it all with 4 kids by myself. DH is studying on campus too so it's a busy year for us.
get someone to firewall your distracting websites for a period of time before assignments are due or exams. My DH had to do this because I would leave my assignments to the last minute. As in I'd sit up all night the nigh before it was due.
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