distance learner
Studies from home
A distance learner is a student who pursues education remotely rather than attending classes in person.
The term encompasses correspondence courses, online degrees, and other programs where instruction happens at a physical remove: As a distance learner, she completed her MBA while working full-time overseas.
The phrase emphasizes the learner's role in bridging geographic separation from the institution.
- onlineNetwork-connected state
- online classInstruction delivered via internet
- remoteDistant or controller
- virtualExisting in effect, not fact
- studentOne formally enrolled somewhere
course · course materials · laptop · webcam · Zoom · Zoom fatigue · homework · self-paced · flexible · time zone · modules · tuition · degree · certificate · enrolled · studying · assignments · deadline
- studentsstudent, freshman, university students, sophomore, pupil
- language learnersbeginner, beginners, intermediate, study abroad student, exchange students
- adult learnerscareer changer, night student, online student, retrainer, evening class
- e-learnersonline student
- student statusenrolled, withdrawn, graduated, suspended, expelled
distance learnertraditional student
Learner following standard educational path
distance, distant, distantly, distances, distanced, distancing, learner, learners, learn