Distance education is a formal educational process in which the majority of the learning occurs when students and the instructor are not in the same location. Instruction may be synchronous or asynchronous and may employ audio, video, computer, or other electronic technologies. This would include for-credit and non-credit activities for either individual courses/modules or for entire programs. When conceptualized on a continuum, distance education includes 100% face-to-face off-campus learning, web enhanced learning, blended learning, and 100% online learning.
