Is Online Learning Better or Just Different?

Distance education is expanding rapidly into higher education. That point isn’t in debate. What is being debated is whether or not distance learning is effective as a traditional education. The New Oxford American Dictionary defines information as “facts provided or learned about something or someone” it defines knowledge as “facts, information and skills acquired by a person through experience or education” and defines communication as “the imparting or exchanging of information or news”. Distance education is where information, knowledge and communication overlap. Technology is impacting education and socialization in society. There are advantages and disadvantages of distance learning and experts have a lot to say about it. Distance learning is taking academic courses away from the academic campus. An example of distance learning is an on-line class where a student may take a class anywhere they have access to a computer. Distance learning intersects information, knowledge and communication.