What is Distance Education?
A distance education course is one you take without face-to-face contact with your teacher and classmates. You can study at home or at work – wherever you like, whenever you like, within a prescribed timeframe. Instruction is available via: • Print-Based • Online Print-based Print-based (correspondence) studies are a continuous intake, self-paced method of learning. You will receive a home study kit, assignment requirements (via Canada Post) and be assigned a tutor who will be responsible for marking and providing some assistance through telephone consultations. Students have a maximum time limit of six months to complete print-based (correspondence) courses, including writing the final exam. Online Study in your own home, your workplace, or your community! Algonquin College is pleased to be a member of OntarioLearn, which is a consortium of 22 Ontario Colleges that provide learning opportunities through the Internet. To take an online course, students must have access to a personal co
Distance Education is the process of learning, researching, and interacting outside of a campus environment. In the past, instructional courses taken at a distance were considered “correspondence studies,” or “independent studies.” With the advent of computers and online communication, distance education has been elevated to new heights, enabling the teacher and student to communicate more effectively and efficiently. Students have never before had as many options for receiving a quality education as are available today through online learning. See the Online Learning Overview for more information.
SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) Definition: For the purposes of the Commission’s accreditation review, distance education is defined as a formal educational process in which the majority of the instruction (interaction between students and instructors and among students) in a course occurs when students and instructors are not in the same place. Instruction may be synchronous or asynchronous. A distance education course may employ correspondence study, or audio, video, or computer technologies. ECSU Distance Education: Distance Education at Elizabeth City State University offers students the option to achieve educational goals without attending traditional on-campus classes. Elizabeth City State University offers courses both at off-campus sites and online. Online courses afford students the opportunity to access their courses anytime and anywhere via the Internet. ECSU faculty participate in extensive professional development to enable them to develop and teach onl
Distance learning was first invented with a motive of helping working professionals for their excellence. People who keep themselves busy always with their official works rarely get time to explore higher studies before the advancement of distance learning. Another word of distance learning in this regard can be "convenience learning" for the professionals.
