Distance Education

and the Internet

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Background:

The Industrial Revolution in the 19th century →

Developments in various fields of technology →

Offered new solutions for delivering instruction →

Learners’ interests were enhanced →

Increase in the subject areas offered by distance

education →

Became one of the formal means of education.

Defining Distance Education

What is distance education ?

Distance education or distance learning

is a mode of delivering education and

instruction, often on an individual basis, to

students who are not physically present in a

traditional setting such as a classroom.

Wikipedia

What is the deferent between distance

education and distance learning?

distance learning is improved capabilities in knowledge and/or behaviors as a result of

mediated experiences that are constrained by time and/or distance such that the learner

does not share the same situation with what is being learned.

Distance education is formalized instructional learning where the time/geographic

situation constrains learning by not affording in-person contact between student and

instructor.

What is the deferent between distance

education and distance learning?

There is a significant different between distance education and distance

learning, that Distance education is system that include:

1- distance learning

2- distance teaching whale the term e-learning is refer to a broad range of electronically distributed teaching and training materials. It most commonly refers to anytime, anywhere electronic or computer-supported learning and is often associated with online courses.

Defining Distance Education

( Our Point of View) After reading different definitions of distance education, distance learning and e-learning , I can draw the relationship between them below ;

E-learning

Distance education

distance learning

Radio and TV (old technology)

The invention of educational radio in the 1920s and the advent of television in the 1940s created important new forms of communication for use in distance education. Educators used these new technologies to broadcast educational programs to millions of learners, thus extending learning opportunities beyond the walls of conventional teaching institutions

Internet (modern technology)

• The widespread use of computers and the internet have made distance

learning easier and faster, and today virtual schools and virtual universities deliver full curricula online

Defining Distance Education

In conclusion, many key features characterize

distance education:

1. The separation of teacher and learner;

2. The separation among learners;

3. The use of one medium to deliver instruction;

and

4. The use of a communication channel to

facilitate interaction and support learners.