Distance education and E learning have come up a long way since their time of inception. And nowadays in the era where people are always short on time, these are the preferred methods for education. Now E learning and Distance Education are very different from each other. While E learning came into existence only after the inception of computers for general use on the other hand Distance learning started in 1840 when a British institute decided to impart short hand education using mail service.

The face of education has changed drastically over the years and distance learning also evolved with it. Now with better mail service and most importantly internet has made our lives easier and now we can pursue any course and not bother about the distance being the hindrance. Initially this concept was not accepted by many universities as they thought that this method was corrupting the education and was changing the very foundation of our education system.

They argued that since the beginning of education, a physical presence of teachers is always required as it provides a learning environment to the students. But after resistance and gradually improving technology, distance education and E learning have finally found their rightful place and almost all the universities across the world now offer many E learning courses. And now computers and internet have made it to such a level that we can create a complete virtual classroom right from the comfort of our home.

However the only glitch is that people with distance education degrees still have prejudiced notions against them and employers prefer people with traditional style degrees. Although the way technology is progressing, the day doesn’t seems to be far when people start respecting online degrees more that the traditional ones.

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