The Evolving Definition of Distance Learning
The definition of distance learning is always changing from constant technological advances affecting business practices in all fields. There are different types of distance learning depending on what type of learners the distance learning is delivered, including virtual school for kindergarten through twelfth grade, online universities for college students, and E-Learning for corporate employees (Simonson et al., 2019). It is difficult to determine one standard definition of e-Learning because the technologies and techniques evolve rapidly (Sangra et al., 2012). Before taking Distance Learning EDUC 6135 at Walden University, I defined distance learning as a university correspondence course or online course with some synchronous and some asynchronous aspects. Now that I have read the resources for the first week of Distance Learning EDUC 6135, I have formed a different definition of distance learning. For my new definition of distance learni...