Advantages of Learning Via Distance Education
Through distance-education, it is now possible to provide a high quality education for students who cannot physically attend courses. This type of instruction, also called distance learning, uses correspondence or other modern technology to deliver course materials.
Students from all over can get an education this way. One of the earliest users of distance-education is the University of South Africa, started in 1946.
Distance-education goes further back than University of South Africa, however. It was actually developed by Sir Isaac Pitman, in 1840. Pitman, who also invented shorthand, was the first to come up with a way to offer courses by mail. In the early 1900s, the University of Chicago started a department for correspondence courses. Later, other universities followed suit.
Still, online education didn’t really catch on in many places. It was only a major educational force in a few countries. Then, in 1969, the Open University …
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