what is distance learning?

Answer 1

Distance learning is taking classe via the interent from an online college program. Many 4 year colleges are offering distance learning to help accomodate busy lifestyles and minimize relocation. You have a professor that coomunicates with you via email. You get class notes and assignments and a class roster. Sometimes you have weekly contact with your teacher via the telephone. Tests are open book but have a time limit.

Answer 2

As has been already stated, taking classes online or through the mail are examples of distance learning. But that's not the only type of distance learning out there.

Many schools have a distance learning classroom that is set up with cameras, microphones, televisions, a fax, and a video projector (called an ELMO). Students take daily classes live through the televisions, with the teacher in a different school. It works just like a regular class, except you are speaking to a tv screen and the person in the tv is responding to you.

Distance learning rooms are set up with four televisions in the front of the classroom and four in the back. As many as five different schools can participate in a single class. There are desks in the center of the room that have microphones secured to them to pick up students questions (it makes it difficult to whisper during class, the microphones pick up everything!). A camera is also pointed at the desks. At the front of the room there is a teacher station with the ELMO projector and a control panel for the cameras. All homework/paperwork is sent via fax.

It only takes a little while for everyone to get used the technology involved and to speaking to a television. I've taken several classes this way, including an acting class. It's a great option for schools who may not be able to hire a teacher to teach a class, but still want to offer the class.

Answer 3

Distance learning is usually taking a correspondance course, or taking a course on the internet

Answer 4

Distance learning means you do not study on campus in the school. But passing of knowledge can be done online via video lectures, notes, PowerPoint slides.

Answer 5

Distance learning traditionally refers to correspondence courses. Recently the term has come to include on-line courses as well. Current trends suggest that correspondence courses are becoming rare very quickly. That might be why most answers previous to mine didn't include correspondence.

Answer 6

Online courses. It's when you don't attend classes in a brick and mortar college campus (or you do part time, and do the rest online)

Answer 7

It's when you take your classes online instead of in a traditional classroom setting. You take your classes on the internet and only go to the actual school when you have to take tests.

Answer 8

Online courses.

Answer 9

It's a vouge word for online courses.

Answer 10

a kind of on line learning