Distance education or education at a distance

In a state such as South Australia, many primary and secondary students study far from their teachers. There are various reasons for this such as the geographic isolation of students or the inability of many schools to timetable teachers for all of the curricula required by their students. The term 'distance education' is used to describe perhaps the best known and most widely written about alternative strategy to the classroom. However, there is a much younger strategy which relies heavily on the use of newer technologies. This has been called 'education at a distance' to distinguish between the two.