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distance learner

distance learner noun: one who engages in distance learning.

Noun

distance learner (plural distance learners)

  1. One who engages in distance learning.
    • I feel that in the context of distance education, where emphasis must be placed on reducing the loneliness of the distance learner by building learning networks, their perspectives on constructivist learning can be strengthened by an equally important emphasis on socially shared cognition2003, Jamie R. Kirkley, Thomas M. Duffy, Learner-Centered Theory and Practice in Distance Education: Cases From Higher Education, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 144

Forms of distance learner

pluraldistance learners

Origin of distance learner

From distance learning + -er.

Questions about distance learner

What does distance learner mean?
Distance learner means one who engages in distance learning.
What part of speech is distance learner?
Distance learner is a noun.
What is the plural of distance learner?
The plural of distance learner is distance learners.

Words near distance learner in the dictionary

  1. distance fog
  2. distance formula
  3. distance formulae
  4. distance function
  5. distance functions
  6. distance learner
  7. distance learners
  8. distance learning
  9. distance line
  10. distance teaching
  11. distance vector

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