distance education
Learning from afar
Distance education is instruction delivered to students who are geographically separated from their teachers, typically through mail, broadcast, or internet technologies.
The term covers everything from correspondence courses to live video lectures: She completed her degree entirely through distance education.
Also called distance learning.
- remote learningEducation conducted from separate locations
- e-learningInternet-delivered instruction
- virtual classroomsOnline educational meeting spaces
- blended learningCombined online and classroom education
- adaptive learningInstruction adjusting to learner
asynchronous learning · flipped classroom · e-learning platforms · discussion board · digital literacy · digital divide · edtech · video conferencing · webinar · online courses · MOOC · correspondence course · home study · educational technology · lifelong learning · vocational training · enrollment · Zoom
- Indian EducationNIT, UGC, primary schools, secondary schools, medical colleges
- Adult Learninglifelong learning, self-directed learning, vocational training, skill development, online learning
- Education ServicesIEP, teacher training, 504 plan, school improvement, accommodations
- e-learningonline courses, online course, virtual classrooms, online learning, virtual classroom
- educationschool, schools, teachers, students, learning
- universitiesuniversities, Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge
distance educationclassroom instruction
Teaching in school setting
traditional education · boarding school · day school · campus life
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