Online teaching principles

Abstract

Distance learning is planned teaching-learning that presupposes physical distance (and eventually temporal distance). There are several names to designate distance learning through the internet: the electronic model (e-learning), the blended or mixed face-to-face and distance model (b-learning), the version with mobile devices (m-learning) and several others (x-learning?). The advantages are clear: students can learn at their own pace and wherever they want without having to go to school. This allows a Portuguese person to attend a course in the United States, or a Greek student to attend a separate course in China. [...]