First, the target of education is different. The education objects in traditional school education are roughly the same in age and knowledge level, and they are full of vigor and vitality, while the students in distance education system will have great differences in age and knowledge level, which requires distance education to be richer and more flexible in teaching content to meet different needs at different levels.
Second, educational purposes are different. The fundamental purpose of school education is to let students cultivate noble moral quality and perfect personality besides mastering basic knowledge and skills, that is, not only to learn scientific and cultural knowledge, but also to learn to be a man. Of course, the distance education system also has these two purposes, but it pays more attention to the learning of knowledge, especially the learning of new knowledge and technology, in order to meet the needs of people's knowledge updating.
Third, there are different requirements for education. School education is mainly academic education, that is, students can complete the learning tasks specified in the teaching plan within the specified learning time, and after passing the examination, they can obtain the corresponding academic certificates. In distance education, besides academic education, there are more continuing education, vocational training and lifelong learning. The main purpose of distance education for students is to acquire new knowledge through this convenient and quick learning method. What they care about is the learning effect and whether what they have learned can be quickly applied to production practice. This requires that the learning content of distance education be closely linked with reality, and it is a principle that must be observed to determine the teaching content of distance education according to social needs.
Fourth, the means of education are different. The main teaching method of school education is classroom education, that is, teachers and students face to face and continue teaching. Of course, his characteristic is that teachers and students are in the same physical time and space, and the basic communication medium is the teacher's voice. During this period, the "service" of teaching is synchronized with the "consumption" of their products. Direct face-to-face communication and contact between teachers and students can achieve mutual encouragement and have a good learning effect. At the same time, there are inevitably some disadvantages, which are mainly manifested in: students' learning autonomy is poor, classroom teaching is teacher-centered, and students just passively listen to teachers' lectures; Teaching resources cannot be shared. Due to the limitation of teaching space, no matter how good a teacher is, the number of students who have the opportunity to listen to his lectures is very limited, and it is impossible to share excellent teaching resources. At the same time, because there are dozens of students in classroom education, each student's foundation and learning interest are different, so it is impossible for teachers to take care of every student. In distance education, teachers and students are separated, and there is no face-to-face teaching process. Teaching service is "consumed" in different time and place, not in the place of "production". In order to send this service to learners, it must be packaged, transported, stored and sent. Although the interaction between teachers and students may become less intimate through the media, the teaching method has caused a revolution in teaching, which reflects that teaching in distance education is student-centered. The focus of teaching has shifted from "teaching" to "learning", from results to "process" and from "knowledge" to "ability".
Summary: Network education has the advantages of all kinds of education, and can maximize access to high-quality educational resources. Students and learners have mastered the ability to acquire teaching resources and study on the Internet. Traditional education is mostly at school, and the class time is fixed, while distance education can use the spare time to click at will and attend classes many times, providing convenient conditions for on-the-job students.