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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Core

Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. education
  3. distance education
  1. Rural Development, Communities, Education, Extension
  2. education
  3. distance education

Preferred term

distance education

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Education delivery via one or more communications media (e.g., correspondence, radio, television, video, computer) with little or no classroom or other face-to-face contact between teachers and students.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • distance learning
  • distance teaching

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/34083

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