{"id":130,"date":"2025-12-11T07:56:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T07:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/e250868\/?p=130"},"modified":"2025-12-14T17:55:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T17:55:20","slug":"what-is-distance-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/e250868\/2025\/12\/11\/what-is-distance-education\/","title":{"rendered":"What is distance education?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/e250868\/files\/2025\/12\/THE-SURPRISING-ASPECTS-OF-ONLINE-LEARNING.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail 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