Distance Learning

Web Examples | Going Further

"Distance Learning" is a rather strange-sounding phrase that has come to stand for education carried out by electronic means when spatial distances separate participants. Thus, distance learning is often characterized by high-bandwidth transmission of text, image, audio, and video signals. Clearly, many of the techniques discussed in this Tutorial could be used in distance learning.

Web technologies are one means by which a curriculum can be delivered to a much broader audience than in traditional teaching. The interactive aspects of a Web syllabus are of particular interest for distance learning.