Distance education or distance learning refers to the practice of delivering education and instruction to students not physically present but interacting with the instructor and the educational process remotely (usually by computers and the Internet these days.) Although often thought to be new development dependent on modern information processing technology, the idea of distance education is possibly centuries old. This article reviews the history, definition, current configuration, and effects of distance education.
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Milman, N. B. (2015). Distance Education. In International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition (pp. 567–570). Elsevier Inc. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.92001-4
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