Nowadays, the Internet is seen as the main sponsor of the status given to Distance Learning. Many researches have been elaborated about the matter, but somehow much is not known about the pupil that sits in front of his Internetconnected PC, willing to study and learn distance-based. The following research described the profile and surfing practices of on-line courses students, as well as some conditions of apprehension and appropriation of this educational product. Approaching the reality of this person as mainly one of Communication, this paper searched a proximity to Communications Studies, in particular to the thoughts assumed by both Reception and Internet Studies. The results obtained may contribute to the reflexion concerning public politics of Distance Learning, giving resources to teachers in the refered type of teaching, as well as collaborate to the understanding of the Internet audience, whose constitution differs from that of the audience of conventional media, due to its particularities.