Education is the process by which an individual is encouraged and enabled to fully develop his or her potential; it
Electronic learning (or e-Learning or eLearning) is a type
of education where the medium of instruction is computer technology. No
in-person interaction may take place in some instances. E-learning is used
interchangeably in a wide variety of contexts. In companies, it refers to the
strategies that use the company network to deliver training courses to
employees. In the USA, it is defined as a planned teaching/learning experience
that uses a wide spectrum of technologies, mainly Internet or computer-based, to
reach learners at a distance. Lately in most Universities, e-learning is used to
define a specific mode to attend a course or programs of study where the
students rarely, if ever, attend face-to-face for on-campus access to
educational facilities, because they study online.
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