Answered by greamsmithafrica Tuesday Jan 13th 2009

Dear distance education means the education which is you taking from your home or we can say that you are mot gone college regularly. lots of universities in india are offering these type of courses like IGNOU, SMU, RTOU ETC

Answered by Shan Tuesday Jan 6th 2009

Typically, the term "Distance Education" is applied to any educational experience that is not conducted in a "traditional on-site classroom."

With this definition there are a number of educational services that fall under the umbrella title of "Distance Education," including:

Correspondence Education (done my mail)

Partial Distance Education (part traditional/part correspondence or electronic)

CD-ROM (Students work with a CD-ROM)

Telecourse/Broadcast (Education through TV or Radio)

PocketPC/Mobile Learning (Education through mobile devices or through a wireless servers)

Internet Distance Education (Education conducted either synchronously or asynchronously using the internet)