distance learning
noun
variants
or less commonly distance education
: a method of study where teachers and students do not meet in a classroom but use the Internet, email, mail, etc., to have classes
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That year, the Covid-19 pandemic and the transition to distance learning severely disrupted higher education.
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Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Many crossing guards were displaced because of distance learning during the pandemic and some never returned to their jobs, reports show.
—Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2024
The Star will keep track of schedule changes in the list below:
Belton School District - AMI distance learning day Monday.
—Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
Blue Springs Schools - AMI distance learning day Monday.
—Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
Schools were instructed to transition to distance learning in towns invaded by IDF, the ministry said.
—NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
Only 1,652 of the 3,000 children from Lahaina have been enrolled in other public schools or distance learning on the island, according to the Hawaii Department of Education.
—Jacqueline Yoo, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
Times reporter Mackenzie Mays explains: When California children were stuck at home in distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and schools reopened unevenly across the state, raising equity concerns, frustrated parents demanded action from Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond.
—Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2023
Her transfer to the school – days after her 15th birthday – coincided with the move to distance learning in March 2020.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Apr. 2023
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Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Many crossing guards were displaced because of distance learning during the pandemic and some never returned to their jobs, reports show.
—Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2024
The Star will keep track of schedule changes in the list below:
Belton School District - AMI distance learning day Monday.
—Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
Blue Springs Schools - AMI distance learning day Monday.
—Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
Schools were instructed to transition to distance learning in towns invaded by IDF, the ministry said.
—NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
Only 1,652 of the 3,000 children from Lahaina have been enrolled in other public schools or distance learning on the island, according to the Hawaii Department of Education.
—Jacqueline Yoo, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
Times reporter Mackenzie Mays explains: When California children were stuck at home in distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and schools reopened unevenly across the state, raising equity concerns, frustrated parents demanded action from Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond.
—Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2023
Her transfer to the school – days after her 15th birthday – coincided with the move to distance learning in March 2020.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Apr. 2023
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“Distance learning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distance%20learning. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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