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.

Opposites
physical presence

distance educationclassroom instruction

Teaching in school setting

traditional education · boarding school · day school · campus life

mode of delivery

distance educationhands-on training

Instruction through direct experience

apprenticeship

Family

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