The burning desire to study and educate oneself is no doubt a healthy indication but that often get washed away due to the lack of proper facilities. It was a stumbling block that was removed with the emergence and subsequent introduction of distance education.
Distance education has really opened a new window of opportunities for those who desire for further studies. In a way it has helped numerous professionals, dropouts (both sch00l & college), housewives, etc to accomplish their unfinished dreams. It has immense relevance.
The whole purpose of providing :
Distance education is to provide cost-effective, quality education to large sections of our population including those living in remote and far flung areas.
In the Distance Education mode of education, students may not be required to be present in a classroom, but that also maybe a question of option. For example in some Open Universities, week end contact sessions are held. These are optional, but for certain courses which have practical components such as those for computers, attendance of about 90% is made compulsory.
Distance Education may use all forms of technology, from print to the computer,including radio, television, audio video conferencing, computer aided instruction, e-learning/on-line learning through internet etc.
- Distance education these days are offered as an electronic classroom or Virtual Learning Environment that it may or not be a part of a distance education set up. Electronic classrooms can be both on campus, and off campus. We may call such institutions as using a 'flexible' mode of education .
