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What is Distance
Education?
| A
Formal Definition |
| Distance
education is defined as a formal educational process in which the
majority of the instruction occurs when student and instructor are
not in the same place. Instruction may be synchronous or asynchronous.
Distance education may employ correspondence study, or audio, video,
or computer technologies. |
Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools
Distance Education:
Definition And Principles - A Policy Statement, May 2000 |
| At
NC State |
| At NC
State, distance education courses are those that have been developed
specifically for delivery outside of the traditional, on-campus classroom.
Delivery may be via cable TV, internet, videocassette, interactive
TV andoff-campus face-to-face. NC State designates DE courses using
section number "6xx" (e.g., PE
109 section 601). Thus, a distance learner at NC State is any
student enrolled in a course with a section number of 600-699. |
Various
sources
Distance Education
and Learning Technology Applications |
| What
Does That Mean for Student Affairs? |
| For
the purposes of providing student services and programs to distance
learners at NC State University, the Division of Student Affairs
defines distance learners as those students who have a desire or
need for alternative methods of accessing programs and services
which are typically delivered in person. This intentionally broad
definition includes (but is not limited to):
- Students
enrolled in a course with a section number of 600-699.
- Students
taking web-based courses not designated as DE courses
- Students
who are working, co-oping or student teaching
- Students
with disabilities
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