Network distance education is a new type of education with the development of modern information technology. Network distance education is an educational method that is compatible with traditional teaching forms such as face-to-face instruction, correspondence and self-study, and optimizes the combination of various media.
Narrow sense: Network distance education refers to all practical activities that a specific educational institution comprehensively applies the technology of a certain social period, collects, designs, develops and utilizes various educational resources, constructs an educational environment, provides educational services for students based on the technology, educational resources and educational environment of a certain social period, organizes some collective meetings and exchange activities for students for the purpose of teaching and socializing (in the traditional face-to-face way or modern electronic way), and helps and promotes students' distance learning. In all activities, teachers maintain a quasi-permanent separation from students in the form of educational resources or as promoters of learning; Students and educational institutions (teachers) or students and students will maintain instant dialogue by establishing two-way or multi-directional communication mechanisms. Characteristics and advantages of distance education