The Culture of Distance Learning
Introduction There are fundamental techniques that instructors should include in every distance learning course to make them effective in helping learners achieve the objectives. Distance learning is formal education or training delivered in a manner where the instructor is separated from the students, the instructor and participants communicate through technology, and instructors use media to share training content (Simonson et al., 2019). The definition of distance learning has changed drastically over the years as the internet, and other new technologies, have become available to trainers. Instructional designers must adapt their instructional strategies to design activities that use the technology to accomplish communication and provide learner support. Practitioners use different names to refer to distance learning, such as in K-12 education, where it is called virtual classroom, universities where it is called online learning, and in busines...