Distance Education

1. Teacher are facilitators...encouraging dialogue and thought provoking conversation.

2. Advantages: flexibility, networking, pacing, scheduling

3. possible definition https://teachingonline.iu.edu/doc/iuonline-term-definitions.pdf

4. Another definition http://sqzm14.ust.hk/distance/distance-1.html

5. My definition: Distance education is learning that occurs "online" where students take courses designed by an institution in which they have enrolled where learning is asynchronous and teachers facilitate and assist in instruction when direction or guidance is needed.

6. K-12 and post secondary education

7. Very popular in adult education, however, k-12 is gaining ground

8. Online Education

9. Virtual Schools (e-learning)

10. Distant Learning