Students can feel very isolated when studying through a distance education programme. Shutterstock International bodies, politicians, policy makers and researchers have always been interested in the ...

Boston College offers a variety of distance education opportunities, designed to offer students a flexible, online alternative to traditional on-campus programs and courses. In support of Boston ...

The question-of-the-week: What has your online learning experience been as a student this fall? What is working for you and why? What is not working for you and why? Student voice is important, and ...

Learning at a distance is generally less effective than face-to-face interaction, but these tips from experts and teachers can help. To be successful, remote instruction requires a lot of the same ...

In 1840, Sir Issac Pitman, the English inventor of shorthand, came up with an ingenious idea for delivering instruction to a potentially limitless audience: correspondence courses by mail. Pitman's ...

In the not-so-distant past, there was a place where parents could drop off their kids for six-plus hours a day. Teachers and administration kept them safe, and taught them things. It was wonderful.

Open and distance learning has emerged as a powerful instrument for democratising education and making knowledge accessible ...

The Education Department wants to collect much more information about distance education courses and the students enrolled in them as part of a broader effort to increase oversight of online programs.