Network education generally refers to distance education.
Distance education, also known as online education in some documents issued by the Ministry of Education, is a kind of adult education qualifications. It refers to the teaching mode using TV, Internet and other media, which breaks through the boundaries of time and space and is different from the traditional teaching mode of staying in school. Students who use this teaching mode are usually amateurs. Because you don't need to go to a specific place to attend classes, you can attend classes anytime and anywhere. Students can also learn from each other through various channels, such as TV broadcast, internet, special counseling hotline, class research club and face-to-face teaching (correspondence). It is a new concept after modern information technology is applied to education, that is, education by using network technology and environment. Enrollment targets are not limited by age and previous academic qualifications, which provides opportunities for people who have entered the society to improve their academic qualifications.
Distance education means that a specific educational organization 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 (by traditional face-to-face way or modern electronic way) for students, and helps and promotes all practical activities of 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. Modern distance education in China is sometimes called online education, and most of them are engaged in higher education.
Distance education classroom
On behalf of distance education institutions, it is the online education college of ordinary universities or the modern distance education college. Network education is a new concept after modern information technology is applied to education, that is, education by using network remote technology and environment. In some documents issued by the Ministry of Education, modern distance education is also called network education.