United States Distance Learning Association
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The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) is a non-profit association that promotes the development and application of distance education
. It was formed in 1987 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
USDLA provides advocacy, information, networking, and opportunity for its members. Distance learning and training constituencies served include preK-12 education, higher and continuing education
, and home schooling
as well as business, corporate, military, government and telehealth markets.
State-level chapters have been formed in several U.S. state
s.
The USDLA has been influential in shaping distance education in the United States, particularly through its sponsorship of national policy forums and conferences that have attracted broad participation from federal and state government, educational institutions, and business.
Distance education
Distance education or distance learning is a field of education that focuses on teaching methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional educational setting such as a classroom...
. It was formed in 1987 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
USDLA provides advocacy, information, networking, and opportunity for its members. Distance learning and training constituencies served include preK-12 education, higher and continuing education
Continuing education
Continuing education is an all-encompassing term within a broad spectrum of post-secondary learning activities and programs. The term is used mainly in the United States and Canada...
, and home schooling
Homeschooling
Homeschooling or homeschool is the education of children at home, typically by parents but sometimes by tutors, rather than in other formal settings of public or private school...
as well as business, corporate, military, government and telehealth markets.
State-level chapters have been formed in several U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
s.
The USDLA has been influential in shaping distance education in the United States, particularly through its sponsorship of national policy forums and conferences that have attracted broad participation from federal and state government, educational institutions, and business.