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View synonyms for distance learning

distance learning

[ dis-tuhns lur-ning ]

noun

  1. education in which students receive instruction over the internet, from a video, etc., instead of physically going to a school.


distance learning

noun

  1. a teaching system consisting of video, audio, and written material designed for a person to use in studying a subject at home
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of distance learning1

First recorded in 1970–75
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Example Sentences

The district was focused on the pandemic and distance learning.

That coincides with the period when COVID-19 vaccines became available to adolescents and schools that had leaned into distance learning required students to return to campus.

For many, the transition back to in-person school after distance learning was traumatic.

Shaw said politics were not an interest for her before COVID-19 and the frustrations that mounted as she watched her daughters staring at a computer for distance learning.

The COVID-19 pandemic supercharged those efforts as faculty embraced distance learning and the price of buying and customizing technology continued to fall.

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