Webmaster Distance Learning Distance Learning is a general term used to cover the broad range of teaching and learning events in which the student is separated from the instructor, or other fellow learners. Although the separation of students from instructors or other students is often due to physical distance between them, separation can also include scheduling conflicts such as those often encountered by working students.
Transactional distance is composed of structure and interaction.
A looser structured learning experience reduces transactional distance as does an increase in interaction. Tools are provided to allow students to interact with materials placed in virtual rooms by, for example, other students or the instructor.