在西德,远距离教育不是依靠师生间的连续接触,而是通过通信媒体来实现的。它分为三种类型: 1.中学层次的教育(例如:为中学毕业考试补习课程,这种考试是进入正规大学需要的); 2.为技术、管理和商业部门工作的人员进行职业培训; 3.大学层次的教育。 其中第一、第二种类型的教育通常由私立学校提供,而大学远距离教育则是州办的。 In West Germany, distance education does not rely on continuous contact between teachers and students, but through communication media. It is divided into three types: 1. Education at the secondary level (eg, a tutoring program for secondary school graduation exams, which is required to enter the formal university); 2. Vocational training of personnel working in the technical, managerial and commercial sectors; 3. University-level education. The first and second types of education are usually provided by private schools, while the university distance education is state-run.