Online Learning
Online learning is the newest and most popular form of distance education today. Within the past decade it has had a major impact on postsecondary education and the trend is only increasing. Online learning refers to an internet-based learning environment that can connect students of diverse backgrounds who boast different perspectives.
Online learning is education that takes place over the Internet. It is often referred to as “elearning” among other terms. However, online learning is just one type of “distance learning” - the umbrella term for any learning that takes place across distance and not in a traditional classroom.
⠀ Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning Joshua Stern, Ph.D. 10 c. - 1