ABSTRACT
The concept of distance learning is not new in the delivery of education. For years, institutions have relied on remote education. Before television, students took correspondence courses and listened to instructional radio. Once television entered our homes in great numbers in the ‘50s, video instruction entered our homes as well, from educational television stations that started to spring up across the country. VCRs changed the concept of distance learning, too, giving learners the opportunity to take classes at their convenience. Computers and data communications have stimulated universal interest in the area of distance learning: the live transmission of instruction from teachers located at one or more distant locations. Courses not otherwise locally available or affordable are being provided to educational institutions with small numbers of students.
