Distance Learning Online
Distance learning online has become the ultimate hi tech alternative to the old school classroom teaching.
What is distance learning?
Distance learning as a term is normally used when talking about teaching-learning where the student is located in one place in the world and the school/teacher in another place.
Why use it?
There are many good reasons why a school would choose to use distance learning or e-learning.
1. The school has students from a large geographical area. And to be able to increase this area (and the number of possible students), without the need for a bigger campus or more dorms, the online long distance study methods works very well.
2. The school has multiple campus areas, located at large distances. This is one of the newest ways of using distance learning. The student actually is located in a campus area, but as the school has several campuses and the student (and teachers) would have to travel for hours to reach each one of them, the classes have been altered into distance learning experiences.
3. Fewer teachers. This is possible as a teacher without travelling can...