The use of video technology to allow students in one location to participate in a class being offered at a different location. These teaching and learning communities may be connected by radio, television, or video recordings.
Learning completed via a distance education format.
Using video technology to allow students in one location to participate in a class being broadcast from another location.
possibility offered by the implementation of the connection of schools to the Internet, in which students can be taught, via tele-conferencing and the passage of information over networks, while in a different geographic location from other students, as well as from their teacher.
A type of education, typically college-level, where students work on their own at home or at the office and communicate with faculty and other students via e-mail, electronic forums, videoconferencing, chat rooms, bulletin boards, instant messaging and other forms of computer-based communication. Most distance learning programs include a computer-based training (CBT) system and communications tools to produce a virtual classroom. Because the Internet and World Wide Web are accessible from virtually all computer platforms, they serve as the foundation for many distance learning systems.
A technique that uses computers and telecommunications to take the classroom to the student at a remote location.
The integration of technology in educational courses whereby students may view and participate in lectures from various locations, or on an individual basis (using CD-ROMs, for instance). Various forms of computer-based communication (email, newsgroups, videoconferencing, electronic forums) may be used to facilitate class discussions, faculty "office hours," and communication among students and between faculty and students. (See the Office of Instructional Development.)
Teaching and learning situations in which the instructor and the learner(s) are geographically separated, and therefore, rely on electronic devices and print materials for instructional delivery. (Teleconferencing & Distance Learning, 2nd edn, 1994)
An educational system in which the teacher and students are separated in time or space and use technology such as television broadcasts or the Internet to communicate.
Study that doesn't involve physically attending the university. Makes use of the TV, radio, post, CD-ROMs, video and increasingly the Internet.
(Sometimes distant learning.) The use of video and audio technologies in the educational process, which allows students at one location to attend classes or seminars at another. [Source: York Telecom
Learning in your own base from correspondence type materials, including course units, books, videos, tapes and television. Tutors and learners are generally separated by geographical distance and contact is usually by means of post or telephone.
Any form of learning where teachers and students are separated by time and location, or both. In the DND context, distance learning is a sub-set of Distributed Learning. It involves the delivery of standardized training, education or professional development using multiple media and technologies when and where needed. It may involve learner-instructor interaction in both real time (synchronous) and non-real time (asynchronous). It may involve self-paced asynchronous learner instruction without benefit of access to an instructor. In all instances it involves a physical separation between the learner and instructor and usually occurs outside the confines of the resident training establishment or campus.
Perfect for non-traditional students and off site employees, distance learning uses current video conferencing technology. Students or employees in remote locations may view and participate in lectures and training sessions, with real time interaction with the lecturer or trainer.
learning that utilizes video or audio from a remote location
Using technology - including radio, television, computer, or video -- to allow students in one location to participate in a class being offered at another location.
A broad term describing an instructional situation where teachers and students are physically separated. Historically this encompassed correspondence courses and other paper-based approaches. Implicit today is electronic transmission--perhaps by satellite, cable, terrestrial Internet, etc.
Sometimes called flexible or open learning, is a programme of study that allows students to study from home.
Learning off-campusfrom home or other places.
The process of providing courses, lectures or other educational video via television signal over a geographically diverse area.
Any learning where the student and instructor are separated by time or distance and technology is used to breach the distance.
A form of learning where students do not need to attend courses at Birkbeck in order to do a qualification. At Birkbeck, we offer distance learning via computer networks and CD-ROM, among other techniques.
learning that takes place when the instructor and student are geographically remote from each other. It also includes characteristics of open and flexible learning (see open and flexible learning).
The use of technology to allow learners to receive education irrespective of time and location. If they receive the education at the same time as it is offered in an on-campus learning environment, the offering is said to be synchronous (i.e. occurring at the same time). In most on-line learning situations the education is occurring asynchronously (i.e. the learners are not accessing the information at the same time it is offered nor at the same time that other learners may be accessing it).
A learning environment in which the student is physically located away from the instructor and other students; commonly instruction and communications take place via the Internet.
Any type of educational situation in which the teachers and students are separated by time, location or both.
Some universities/colleges offer courses which students can take off-campus, via a variety of means, such as: Internet, videotapes, or cable television.
Also known as "Distance Education," it is a type of education in which student take courses and completes assignments online via their computers.
Taking classes in locations other than the classroom or other place where the teacher presents the lesson. The growth of computers and the internet in particular have helped to grow distance learning opportunities.
A method of study whereby courses are provided by means of printed materials and/or e-learning, so that students can study at home or while travelling. Many schools' distance learning programmes do, however, require students to spend some time on-campus – usually a week or occasional weekends.
A method of instruction delivered primarily by distance using forms of technology such as satellites, computers, tele-conferencing networks, televisions/radio broadcasts and other mechanisms. Support programmes may be required involving the more conventional institution-based and face-to-face methods of learning but the key component of a distance learning programme is delivered outside the institution without face-to-face instruction.
Taking a course off-campus at a distance.
Any learning event where the learner is not required to travel to a specific location, ideally delivered electronically. Learn more about distance learning.
A method of learning where the student is not in the classroom. This instruction for this type of course is usually delivered via telecommunications technologies, allowing faculty and students to be in different locations (often in as many locations as the number of students enrolled). This can include correspondence study, video-taped classes, and computer-based instruction, as well as instruction via local public TV, cable, satellite, and Internet. E - F - G - H
Videotaped online over the Web or computer delivered lessons, readings in a study guide and textbook, faculty interaction and/or testing that is an alternative to traditional, campus-based instruction.
Instruction provided outside the traditional classroom. Distance Learning home page
Incorporation of audio and web technologies so that students can "attend" classes and training sessions presented at a remote location.
A form of teaching in which the instructor (s) and students are not located in the classroom but on line.
Providing scholastic instruction to one or more remote locations from an originating classroom. This may be either one-way video with two-way audio or two-way video and audio. The transmission may be via satellite, cable TV, or switched networks.
USDLA defines Distance Learning as "The acquisition of Knowledge and skills through mediated information and instruction, encompassing all technologies and other forms of learning at a distance."
Education that takes place without the learner and educator meeting face-to-face. It is also often called correspondence learning.
A non-traditional learning program whereby the majority of coursework is presented through a variety of delivery methods including cd, correspondence, interactive television, online, telecourse or video cassette. While most distance learning classes do not require an on-campus visit, some classes may include one or more on-site sessions. See course descriptions.
Using technology – radio, television, computer, or video – to allow student or professionals in one location to participate in activities/classes/meetings in another location.
Any learning where there is a separation of student and instructor by time or distance and technology is used to breach the distance.
(1) The use of any media for self-study. (2) A telecommunications-based instructional system evolved from the open learning movement used to overcome geographical "place-based" learning. (3) In its most common historical form, this refers to a broadcast of a lecture to distant locations, usually through video presentations.
A concept of providing access to quality wildland fire education and training using appropriate instructional technology, delivered anywhere, anytime to prepare a fire management work force to safely achieve fire management objectives. see also: eLearning
Courses offered by correspondence and/or telecommunications (e.g., videoconferencing, Internet).
classes offered via satellite or the Internet.
Any learning that occurs remotely from the instructional source, such as online learning, correspondence courses, and audio conferencing. (See also Online learning.)
A term encompassing all learning that takes place at locations remote from the point of instruction. Distance learning may take the form of an instructor-led course delivered via satellite to multiple remote locations. Distance learning may also be training applications delivered via computer networks to students at any network node. Web-based training is one distance learning method in that the training application resides on a Web server while students may use the training from any location that can access the server.
Learning where the instructor and the student(s) are in physically separate locations. Can be either synchronous or asynchronous . Can include correspondence , video or satellite broadcasts, or e-Learning . Usually implies higher education.
The incorporation of video and audio technologies (usually interactive) into the educational process so that students can attend classes and training sessions from remote locations.
A means of teaching courses to students beyond Dunedin using a network of teaching venues linked through an audioconference system.
Learning where the trainer and the students are separated by distance and interact primarily by post, computer (e-mail, bulletin boards, Websites, Usenet groups, etc.), phone or a combination of these and other communication methods.
Distance learning refers to the method of training provided by Thomson Education Direct. All course materials are mailed to your home, there are no classes to attend. This form of education is a self paced, flexible learning method. When you complete a learning module and mail in your assessment, we despatch the next module of study directly to you.
The majority of the student's learning activities take place at a distance from the academic institution (in QAA terms this term has now been officially replaced by flexible and distributed learning – see below)
describes a way of providing higher education that involves the transfer to the student's location of the resources that form the main basis of study, rather than the student moving to the location of the resource provider. As a consequence of the physical separation between the student and the provider for at least some of the period of study, distance learning programmes involve distinctive divisions of labour and allocations of responsibilities by the provider.
The process of delivering educational or instructional programs to locations away from a classroom or site to another location by varying technology such as video or audio-conferencing, computers, web-based applications or other multimedia communications.
The incorporation of video and audio technologies so that students can "attend" classes and training sessions that are being presented at a remote location. Distance learning systems are usually interactive and are becoming a highly-valuable tool in the delivery of training and education to widely-dispersed students or in instances where the instructor cannot travel to the student's site.
The goal of distance education; distance learning and idstance education are often used interchangeably.
a means by which teaching / learning can be achieved over distances including (but not limited to) telecommunications such as the Internet, cable-television, videoconferencing, etc. dit: to make changed in text or graphics.
A means of earning a certificate or degree off campus through methods such as cable TV broadcasts and videotapes of lectures; teleconferences; computer conferences; and on-line computer services such as electronic blackboards, picture phones and electronic mail. These technologies enable RIT’s distance-learning students to follow the same quarter system of study as on-campus students.
The term Distance Learning is typically used describe video-enabled instruction, that means, it is integrated voice, data, and video transmissions) in college, university, medical school or kindergarten through the Twelfth grade environment. Distance Learning permits especially gifted teachers to reach an almost limitless number of students around the world.
There are a variety of ways to educate members of your organization virtually rather than relying on travel into "in person" seminars. Save time and money by considering technology that can simulate a physical classroom, electronic modules, and real-time lectures and synchronous sessions.
gives you an opportunity to take U of R classes in your own communities. Classes can be taken online, televised, or face-to-face at SIAST campuses and regional colleges across Saskatchewan. Visit the Distance Learning website.
A course that you can attend from home or from work, by using course materials delivered on CD Rom or through websites. Distance learning allows you to work at your own pace.
a system that connects learners with distributed learning resources, usually over the internet, and with the separation of time or place between the instructor, learners, and resources. E-learning: learning or training based in wide set of applications and processes, such as Web-based learning, computer-based learning, virtual classrooms, and digital collaboration. It includes content via Internet, intranet/extranet (LAN/WAN), audio/video tape, satellite broadcast, interactive TV, and CD-ROM. Also referred to as technology-based learning.
A number of programmes are offered via Distance Learning, i.e. students do not study on campus at all or only attend for short periods of time (e.g. for summer schools).
Using communications technology to create interactive learning experiences between educators and students separated by space or time.()
Using technology such as two-way, interactive television, teacher and student(s) in different locations may communicate with one another as in a regular classroom setting.
Distance learning is education that does not require the student to be in the same location as the instructor.
An option for earning course credit at off-campus locations via cable television, Internet, satellite classes, videotapes, correspondence courses, or other means.
A system and a process that connects learners and instructors who are in different locations. Distance learning has historically involved correspondence courses, video, or satellite broadcasts. With the connectivity of the Internet and a new generation of software applications, distance learning has evolved into a new model, which provides higher quality and more flexibility and which is more appropriately called “distributed learning.
According to the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), distance learning is taking classes in locations other than the classroom, where teachers are not physically present. Distance learning uses various forms of technology, especially television and computers, to provide educational materials and experiences to students. Small high schools may arrange for their students to take courses, such as those for advanced foreign language instruction, by television. Many colleges and universities broadcast credit courses for students who live in isolated locations or who for other reasons cannot attend classes on campus.
The delivery of educational course materials offsite, formerly through videotape and closed circuit television, now often carried out with shared content resources on the Internet.
using technology to learn when the teacher and student are in different locations
(as used by the Florida Distance Learning Network) Distance learning occurs when the process of teaching and learning are separated by distance and/or time, and brought together by the dissemination of information through electronic technology.
Learning at a distance from the responsible provider so that the learning provision is made via some form of delivery technology (if only the post). It may be at home, in the workplace or at a regional centre.
is an instructional delivery system that does not constrain the student to be physically present in the same location as the instructor. Distance Education is a prepared teaching/learning experience that uses a variety of technologies that are designed to encourage learner interaction and augment learning opportunities.
A system and a process that connects learners with distributed learning resources. While distance learning takes a wide variety of forms, all distance learning is characterized by the following: 1) separation of place and/or time between instructor and learner, among learners, and/or between learners and learning resources, and 2) interaction between the learner and the instructor, among learners, and/or between learners and learning resources conducted through one or more media; use of electronic media is not necessarily required.
Situation in which the instructor and students are separated by time, location, or both. Courses are delivered to remote locations via synchronous or asynchronous means. e-book Information and graphics that have been organized in electronic or computerized lessons or chapters and made available via computer.
Many universities/colleges offer courses which students can take off-campus, via a variety of means. These means could be Internet, VPN, CD Rom, videotapes, or cable television etc.
Term often used as synonymous with distance education, not strictly correctly since distance education includes teaching as well as learning.
A mode of delivery for students who do not attend on-campus courses. Courses are delivered by correspondence, telecommunications, internet and web-based media, or combinations of media, and may include short periods of on-campus attendance.
A learning situation in which the student and faculty are physically separated.
The desired outcome of distance education. The two terms are often used interchangeably.
Often used synonymously with Distance Education; distinct as an outcome of Distance Education.
a system and a process that connects learners to distributed learning resources. Distance learning can take a variety of forms, all distance learning, however, is characterized by (a) separation/distance of place and/or time between instructor and learner, amongst learners, and/or between learners and learning resources; and (b) interaction between the learner and the instructor, among learners and/or between learners and learning resources conducted through one or more media.
taking classes in locations other than the classroom or places where teachers present the lessons. Distance learning uses various forms of technology, especially television and computers, to provide educational materials and experiences to learners. Many colleges and universities broadcast credit courses for learners who live in isolated locations or who, for other reasons, cannot attend classes on campus.
Learning where the instructor and the students are in physically separate locations. Can be either synchronous or asynchronous . Can include correspondence , video or satellite broadcasts, or eLearning . Usually implies the higher education level.
Delivery of education at one location while the learning takes place at other locations; also called distance education (DE) or online learning. 3.35, 11.8, 11.10, 15.39