online courses

Digital distance education

Online courses are educational programs delivered via the internet, allowing students to learn remotely rather than in a physical classroom.

They range from free tutorials to accredited university degrees, typically featuring video lectures, readings, and assessments.

She completed several online courses during the pandemic.

The format offers flexibility but requires self-discipline.

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delivery format

online coursesclassroom instruction

Teaching in school setting

classroom learning · lecture halls · boarding school · correspondence courses

learning formality

online coursesself-teaching

Instructing oneself without guidance

autodidacticism · self-directed learning · learning by doing · on-the-job training · apprenticeship

technological mediation

online coursesoral tradition

Culture passed by speech

Socratic dialogue · one-on-one coaching

Family

line, course, online

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