Distance education in higher learning has become increasingly common. In 2013, more than 6 million students were enrolled in at least one distance education course. The increase in distance education is evident in all types of educational programs including those in the radiologic sciences. Most, if not all, radiologic sciences programs have integrated distance education into the curriculum and...

Distance Education (DE) is the centre of attention for many educational organisations and recently many innovative examples of flexible educational designs that make use of the new information and communication technologies have surfaced. However, these new forms of DE have often suffered from big problems regarding, for instance, student dropouts and low levels of student performance. The thes...

While effective distance education has been practiced and studied for centuries, it has been in just the last decade that networked digital technology has been employed. Technologies and teaching techniques continue to evolve, and the options continue to expand, emphasizing the need for information that will assist distance education planners and participants in making decisions that will resul...

background and objectives: in continuous medical learning programs, selection of appropriate learning methods is important for streaming individuals by learning process. the goal of this study is to compare in-presence learning method with distance learning method and explore their effect on the knowledge of health workers (practical nurses) in terms of reduced expenses.   methods: the study is...