distance learner

noun

One who engages in distance learning.

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Meanings

noundistance learner (plural distance learners)

plural distance learners

  1. One who engages in distance learning.

    I feel that in the context of distance education, where emphasis must be placed on reducing the loneliness of the distance learner by building learning networks, their perspectives on constructivist learning can be strengthened by an equally important emphasis on socially shared cognition

    2003, Jamie R. Kirkley, Thomas M. Duffy, Learner-Centered Theory and Practice in Distance Education: Cases From Higher Education, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 144

Origin

From distance learning + -er.

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APA

distance learner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distance%20learner

MLA

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Chicago

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