The Basics: Distance Learning
and Online Education

This page is useful if you are new to distance learning and online education and want to know and understand more about it. Here, you can look for useful generic information about the topic. Remember, the overall goal of this website is to help you find personal road maps to online resources that resolve your unique learning situation.

Remember, Real-Life-Distance-Education.com (RLDE) is about getting the right road map first.  Maybe you don't need a new degree in your field, because really what you are thinking about is changing to a brand new career. 

If you are uncertain about what you want to learn, it may be that you are uncertain about aspects of yourself or where it is you want to take your life. You may wish to read up on the goals of this website at our home page. This is a great place to get started with your map! 

Distance learning and online education has been around for a while. Using the Internet, you can bring the classroom to the comfort of your own home. This is truly an amazing way to resolve your real life learning situation. 

For an overview, take a look at some of the different courses available online. Some of these lead to degrees, others to certifications in HTML programming, for example. Online learning really is quite an oyster, isn't it? Here are some interesting articles about distance education. Or, for some more in-depth information, here is a link to books about distance education.