| Are you familiar with distance education? It is an | | | | distance education to students in outlying areas. It |
| educational program by which the teaching or the | | | | may be a zoo, a museum, or even a university which |
| learning occurs in a different place than where the | | | | is conducting the outreach. It may be offered as a |
| program is based. Now, what does that mean? The | | | | single one time course, or there may be a series of |
| best way to describe distance education is to give | | | | courses. Some of these distance education courses |
| examples of it. One example is outreach programs; | | | | result in certification or training that the participants |
| another is college extension programs, some home | | | | can use for work or school.College extension courses |
| schooling programs, and online universities, colleges, | | | | are offered by main college campuses, but at smaller |
| and technical schools. Below you will find a more | | | | campuses in rural or outlying areas, to reach those |
| detailed description of each of these types of | | | | who normally would not be able to attend a regular |
| distance education and a reason why it might be an | | | | university due to family situation, money, time or any |
| option for you.Outreach programs are often | | | | other reason. |
| conducted by organizations to bring information and | | | | |