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Concept information

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.

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • distance learning
  • distance teaching

In other languages

URI

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

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