(えんかく)(きょういく)

えんかくきょういく
noun
distance education; remote learning
educationtechnology
1. distance education; remote learning
a method of education where students learn without being physically present at a school or institution
遠隔(えんかく)教育(きょういく)学位(がくい)()
To earn a degree through distance education.
Thanks to distance education, even people in rural areas can take high-quality classes.
Triggered by the COVID pandemic, distance education spread rapidly and university class formats changed dramatically.

Refers to any form of education delivered to learners who are not physically in a classroom. Composed of 遠隔(えんかく) (remote, distant) + 教育(きょういく) (education). The concept existed before the internet via correspondence courses (通信(つうしん)教育(きょういく)), but gained massive attention during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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