Distance Education and the Internet TECH4101

Dr. Alaa SadikInstructional & Learning Technologies Department

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Complete by- Hifaa AL-Suhai (86321)- Maryem AL-Mubihsi. (87513)- Fatma AL-Weshahi (85197)

Lecture One Defining

Distance Education

Distance Education and the Internet TECH4101

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What is distance education or distance learning?

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Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?

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Defining Distance Education

Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?

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Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?

Clarify the definitions using

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Wikipedia and other sites.

Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?Distance education is defined as a formal educational process in which the majority of the instruction occurs when student and instructor are not in the same place. Distance education may employ correspondence study, or audio, video, or computer technologies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_education

Defining Distance Education

Distance education or distance learning?DE because it offers opportunities to learners to overcome the

time and place problems that face them to engage to the educational process and it is communicated and evaluated by specialized individuals.

DL is more flexible situation for learners than DE because the learners control their learning without needing to the instructor.

Defining Distance Education

History of distance education and technologyIt occur in1700s in the form of correspondence education.

Printed materials and letters.

Defining Distance Education

History of distance education and technologyNowadays DE use

different material such as

videoconferencing.

http://www.digitalschool.net/edu/DL_history_mJeffries.html

Defining Distance Education

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