distance education accounting

Information about distance education in accounting

Information from the report to congressional requesters United States General Accounting Office about distance education

There is growing recognition among postsecondary officials that changes brought about by the growing use of distance education need to be reflected in the process for monitoring the quality of schools' educational programs.

Although newer forms of distance education- such as videoconferencing or Internet courses- may incorporate more elements of traditional classroom education than older approaches like
correspondence courses, they can still differ from a traditional educational experience in many ways.

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Examples of the workings of Electronically Transmitted Distance Education and Traditional Classroom Instruction

• Courses may involve electronic content only (e. g., course modules on a compact disk or a school's Web server).
• When the instruction involves presentations by instructors, students often may have only indirect contact with them (e. g., over a video network or through e-mail).
• School may have no campus, may be hundreds of miles away, and research, tutoring, or counseling resources may be offered online rather than in-person.
• Provider of the distance education coursework may be other than the school in which the student is enrolled.

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Note: information is partially based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics