by Diane Ting, Parent Herald
Distance education is becoming increasingly popular in many campuses across the country as an unconventional means of education. As students live more mobile and unpredictable lives, deciding to spend a semester on campus has become challenging. To define distance education according to California Distance Learning Project, it is an alternative means of high-quality education and training for students who cannot take conventional educational programs on a campus. Distance learning is an instruction delivery system that connects learners with education resources and access not enrolled in educational institutions, as defined by the. Not to be confused with open learning, flexible learning and online learning, distance learning is less a philosophy and more of a method of education. Students study on their own times at their preferred place without the need for face-to-face contact with a teacher, Fay Observer said.
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