online academies
Web-based learning institutions
Online academies are educational institutions that deliver instruction primarily or entirely through the internet.
They range from K-12 schools offering full curricula to specialized programs teaching specific skills: She enrolled in an online academy for coding.
The term suggests more structure than casual online courses—implying a cohesive program with defined progression, though quality varies widely.
- e-learningInternet-delivered instruction
- coursesAcademic subjects or meal stages
- virtualExisting in effect, not fact
- CourseraOnline learning platform
- UdemyOnline course marketplace
degrees · certificates · tutorials · webinars · distance learning · modules · enrollment · instructors · lectures · curriculum · platforms · video lectures · streaming · quizzes · assignments · self-paced · lifetime access · credentials
- alternative educationalternative schools, democratic education, homeschooling, homeschool, unschooling
online academiesresidential schools
Institutions for Indigenous assimilation
boarding schools · day schools · residential colleges · lecture halls · neighborhood schools
online academiesautodidacticism
Practice of self-instruction
unschooling · learning by doing · oral tradition · mentorship · life experience
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