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Education, Distance - Methods
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Definition of 'Education, Distance'Education via communication media (correspondence, radio, television, computer networks) with little or no in-person face-to-face contact between students and teachers. (ERIC Thesaurus, 1997) Common names: Education, Distance; Distance Education; Distance Learning; Learning, Distance; Correspondence Courses; Correspondence Course; Course, Correspondence |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
[Changing the teaching of neurosurgery with information technology]
16 Sep 2009 
A digital campus is a distance learning site that uses the potential of information and communication technologies to disseminate and improve educational services. This website, with open and free access, is built from free software with Web 2.0 ... Read more...
Bridging the gap: knowledge seeking and sharing in a virtual community of emergency practice.
18 Aug 2009 Disparities exist between rural and urban emergency departments with respect to knowledge resources such as online journals and clinical specialists. As knowledge is a critical element in the delivery of quality care, a web-based learning project ... Read more...
[Internet-based continuing medical education: as effective as live continuing medical education]
10 Aug 2009 E-learning consists in using new multimedia and Internet technologies to improve the quality of learning activities by facilitating access to resources and services, as well as exchanges and remote collaboration. The Internet is used for adult ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Education, Distance - Methods'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Informatics in clinical instruction.
29 Sep 2009 - [Changing the teaching of neurosurgery with information technology] 16 Sep 2009
- Bridging the gap: knowledge seeking and sharing in a virtual community of emergency practice. 18 Aug 2009
- [Internet-based continuing medical education: as effective as live continuing medical education] 10 Aug 2009
- Using e-learning for maintenance of ALS competence. 29 Jun 2009
- fmCASES: Collaborative Development of Online Cases to Address Educational Needs.
29 Jun 2009 - National study group sessions using web-based teaching software: a new concept for training. 12 May 2009
- E-learning may improve adherence to alcohol-based hand rubbing: a cohort study. 21 Apr 2009
- Survey of a videoconference community of professional development for rural and urban nurses. 19 Apr 2009
- An innovative model improving success at university for regional Australians suffering educational and social disadvantage. 24 Mar 2009
- The e-learning site. 27 Feb 2009
- The online option for continuing your nursing education. Interview by Diane E. Scott. 27 Feb 2009
- Virtual grand rounds: a new educational approach in social work that benefits long-term care providers and patients in rural Idaho. 7 Feb 2009
- Enhancing RN-to-BSN students' information literacy skills through the use of instructional technology. 30 Jan 2009
- An online doctoral education course using problem-based learning. 30 Jan 2009
- Transforming the nursing curriculum to promote critical thinking online. 30 Jan 2009
- Constructivist strategies in online distance education in nursing. 30 Jan 2009
- Opening education. 31 Dec 2008
- Preferences for continuing education through existing electronic access for Australian nurse practitioners and its implication in prescribing potential. 30 Dec 2008
- A university extension course in leprosy: telemedicine in the Amazon for primary healthcare. 30 Dec 2008
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Technical information about 'Education, Distance'
Definition: Education via communication media (correspondence, radio, television, computer networks) with little or no in-person face-to-face contact between students and teachers. (ERIC Thesaurus, 1997)
Descriptor UI: D020375
Alternative terms: Education, Distance; Distance Education; Distance Learning; Learning, Distance; Correspondence Courses; Correspondence Course; Course, Correspondence;
Related Mesh Headings: Computer Communication Networks;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;
Tree Number: I02.195;
History Note: 99; for CORRESPONDENCE COURSES see EDUCATION 1978-98
Technical Notes: do not confuse with COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION