web-based learning

Internet-delivered instruction

Web-based learning is education delivered through the internet rather than in physical classrooms.

The term covers everything from university courses taken entirely online to corporate training modules completed at a computer.

She finished her degree through web-based learning while working full-time.

Also called e-learning or online learning.

Related

tutorials · modules · quizzes · video lectures · assignments · due date · login · browser · dashboard · progress bar · loading screen · certificates · forums · discussion thread · self-paced · interactive · webinar · screen time

Opposites
delivery medium

web-based learningclassroom learning

Instruction in a school setting

synchronicity and interaction

web-based learninghands-on training

Instruction through direct experience

apprenticeship · practical training · on-the-job training · Socratic dialogue · fieldwork

technological mediation

web-based learningbook learning

Knowledge from study

oral tradition

Family

web, webs, webbed, webbing, base, based, basing, bases, basic

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