Reimagining Distance Education in the Age of Generative AI: Transactional Distance, Human–AI Interaction, and Online Pedagogy
Journal: Distance Education
Introduction and Rationale Distance education is entering a new phase of transformation, accelerated by the rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) (Rienties et al., 2025). As the distinctions between distance, online, and blended learning continue to blur, foundational concepts such as transactional distance, learner autonomy, and teacher–learner interaction are being reconfigured (Moore, 1993; Aya…