Distance Learning

A type of education, typically college-level, where students work on their own at home or at the office and communicate with faculty and other students via e-mail, electronic forums, videoconferencing, chat rooms, bulletin boards,instant messaging and other forms of computer-based communication.

Most distance learning programs include a computer-based training (CBT)system and communications tools to produce a virtual classroom. Because the Internet and World Wide Web are accessible from virtually all computerplatforms, they serve as the foundation for many distance learning systems.