e-education

Digital distance learning

E-education is education delivered through electronic means, particularly the internet.

The term covers online courses, virtual classrooms, and digital learning platforms: The university expanded its e-education offerings during the pandemic.

It overlaps substantially with e-learning, distance learning, and online education.

technology

edtech

Educational technology sector

simulation · augmented-reality · multimedia · chatbot · bandwidth

courses

MOOC

Massive online open course

  • webinarInternet-hosted interactive presentation
  • CourseraOnline learning platform
  • UdemyOnline course marketplace

tutorial · enrollment · Skillshare

pedagogy

curriculum

Educational program's content plan

pedagogy · synchronous · rubric · feedback · scaffolding · microlearning · competency-based

self-paced

asynchronous

Not happening together

self-discipline · self-directed · on-demand · self-assessment · customizable · individualized · self-motivated · self-instruction · nontraditional

accessibility

screen-reader

Converts display to audio

hearing-impaired · vision-impaired · captioning · audio-description

Opposites
delivery medium

e-educationtraditional education

Standard classroom-based instruction

hands-on training · apprenticeship · workshop training · tutoring

institutional format

e-educationday school

Academy without boarding facilities

community college · trade school

technological modernity

e-educationbook learning

Knowledge from study

oral tradition · rote learning

Family

reeducation

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
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