correspondence course
Mail-based education program
A correspondence course is an educational program conducted by mail or online, where students receive materials, complete assignments, and submit work remotely rather than attending classes in person.
The format allows students to learn at their own pace: She earned her degree through correspondence courses while working full-time.
The term predates the internet, when lessons literally arrived by post.
Not happening together
- independentFree from external control
- self-studyLearning independently, without guidance
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
self-teaching · self-guided · self-assessment · autodidact · flexible · personalized · autonomy
Course plan document
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- textbookAcademic subject manual
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- diplomaAcademic completion document
certificate · degree · accreditation · enrollment · transcript · semester · academic · undergraduate
Distant or controller
- off-campusOutside school grounds
- externalLocated on outside
- outreachProactive community assistance
- extensionAdded part or duration
international · rural · accessibility · isolated · military · incarcerated · overseas
asynchronous
Not happening together
- independentFree from external control
- self-studyLearning independently, without guidance
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
discipline · self-teaching · self-guided · self-assessment · autodidact · flexible · personalized · autonomy
syllabus
Course plan document
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- textbookAcademic subject manual
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
diploma · certificate · degree · accreditation · enrollment · transcript · semester · academic · undergraduate · postgraduate
remote
Distant or controller
- off-campusOutside school grounds
- externalLocated on outside
- outreachProactive community assistance
extension · international · rural · accessibility · isolated · military · incarcerated · overseas
Postal system items
letter · postal · mailbox · parcel · address · postmark · snail-mail · package · delivery · airmail
- Alternative Learningvocational school, trade school, technical school, homeschool, distance learning
- course
- learning resourcestutorials, library, textbook, guides, study guides
- Courseselective, introductory, seminar, prerequisite, independent study
- religious educationreligious education, Bible college, Bible stories, religious instruction, Sunday school
- EsperantoEsperanto, grammar rules, correlatives, affixes, prefixes
correspondence coursehands-on training
Instruction through direct experience
correspondence coursesynchronous learning
Education happening simultaneously
tutorial · live lecture · apprenticeship · one-on-one tutoring
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