distance learningn. Education in which students take academic courses by accessing information and communicating with the instructor over a computer network. Also called distance education.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.distance learning n (Education) a teaching system consisting of video, audio, and written material designed for a person to use in studying a subject at home Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014distance learningA form of studying a subject from home rather than by attending an institution, such as by correspondence or via computer links.Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited