e-learning

[ee-lur-ning]

noun

1. distance learning.

2. computer-based learning.

   E-learning encompasses skills practice, research, and communication.

adjective

1. of or relating to e-learning.

   e-learning tools;

   e-learning software.

e-learning

noun

1. an internet-based teaching system

Word History and Origins

Origin of e-learning¹

First recorded in 2000–05; e- ² + learning

Word History and Origins

Origin of e-learning¹

C20: e lectronic learning

Example Sentences

Students using an e-learning website have been left "high and dry" after the company running it went into administration.

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The Oxbridge e-learning website, based at the Mailbox in Birmingham, offered more than 250 courses with specialist tutors and learning advisors.

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Ms Potter said she provided recordings in 2021, but believed it would be used for accessibility and e-learning software rather than wider commercial purposes.

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Caltech said Monday that it would end its relationship with an e-learning company after a class-action lawsuit alleged the firm and the university misrepresented a cybersecurity boot camp and misled students by suggesting the course had close ties to the Pasadena campus and instructors, even though the connection was minimal.

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Ms Potter said she did some work for ReadSpeaker in 2021 which she was told would be used for accessibility and e-learning software.

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