In the light of rapid technological developments and a comprehensive digitalisation of society
and the world of work lifelong learning is becoming increasingly important. Non-academic and
higher education courses in the form of distance learning distance education offer an
established didactic format for reconciling (continuing) education with gainful employment
family obligations or restrictions in mobility. The Federal Institute for Vocational Education
and Training (BIBB) has therefore been collecting data on the development of providers
offerings and participation from the providers of corresponding educational offerings annually
since 2016 - initially as part of a revision of the distance learning statistics. This
publication presents the results of this year's survey Structural Data Distance Learning
Distance Education 2023.
