Distance Education DefinitionDistance Education Definition

There are many definitions. Take your pick! A quick Google There are many definitions. Take your pick! A quick Google search includes:search includes:

• Educational situation in which the instructor and students are separated by time, location, or both. Education or training courses are delivered to remote locations via synchronous or asynchronous means of instruction, including written correspondence, text, graphics, audio- and videotape, CD-ROM, online learning, audio- and videoconferencing, interactive TV, and facsimile. Distance learning does not preclude the use of the traditional classroom.http://www3.sympatico.ca/krewski/mde615groupc/glossary.html

• At its most basic level, distance education is an educational delivery that does not physically limit the students to the same geographic location as the instructor or other classmates. Technology such as voice, video, audio and print, perhaps in concert with face-to-face communication, is used to bridge the gap. Today, technology is used to make new approaches to the teaching and learning processes possible.http://www.nsac.ns.ca/cde/staff/lcj/development/prototype/glossary.htm

Bob Evans defines this way: Human communication which takes place, either synchronously or asynchronously, across time and/or space

Synchronous Distance Education Definition:Synchronous Distance Education Definition:

Learning activities taking place in real time.Learning activities taking place in real time.syn·chro·nous (sîng¹kre-nes, sîn¹-) adjective

1. Occurring or existing at the same time. See synonyms at contemporary.2. Moving or operating at the same rate.3. a. Having identical periods. b. Having identical period and phase.

[From Late Latin synchronus, from Greek sunkhronos : sun-, syn- + khronos, time.]— syn¹chro·nous·ly adverb— syn¹chro·nous·ness noun

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Asynchronous Distance Education Definition:Asynchronous Distance Education Definition:

Learning activities taking place outside of real Learning activities taking place outside of real time.time. a·syn·chro·nism (â-sîng¹kre-nîz´em) or a·syn·chron·y (-kre-nê) nounLack of temporal concurrence; absence of synchronism.— a·syn¹chro·nous (-nes) adjective— a·syn¹chro·nous·ly adverb

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Core Technologies

•Video• Videoconferencing, Streaming video, Closed Circuit TV, DVD/VHS Media

• Audio• Telephone, Streaming audio, MP3, Radio

• Text• Email, Instant Messaging (IM), Textbooks, Web sites

• Data• Remote control of, or access to, computer programs

• Video• Live One-way Video

• Internet based, H.323, Satellite• Videoconferencing (Two-way or Multi-way)

• What is it?• Delivery methods

• IP/H.323, ISDN, CABLE/DSL, Satellite• Technologies

• MCU, Polycom, Macromedia Breeze, Netmeeting, Groove• Implementations

• P2P, Group, Text+Data+Video Combinations• Video lecture, video demonstrations

• Polycom Remote Control Camera Demo

• Audio• Live One-Way Audio

• Internet Streaming, Radio•Audioconferncing (Two-way or Multi-way)

• What is it?• Delivery methods

• Telephone, Cell Phone, Satellite, IP based• Technologies

• Streaming Media Server, Polycom, Netmeeting, Web-phone, Macromedia Breeze, Groove

• Implementations• P2P, Group, Audio+Data+Video+Text• Deliver a lecture to multiple students from web page

• Text• Live One-Way Text

• Moderated Instant Messaging (“text broadcast”)• Two-way or Multi-way Text

• Instant Messaging (Internet)• Technologies

• IRC, AOL IM, MSN Messenger, MS NetMeeting, WebCT, Macromedia Breeze, Groove

• Implementations• P2P, Group, Synchronous Web Browsing, etc.• Online office hours

• Data• Live access to computer programs through a network

• Remote control software (application sharing)• Software that gives the learner access to networked games, puzzles, problems, simulations, office productivity programs, research & analysis programs

• Technologies• Terminal Services, Netmeeting, Taskstream, Web Sites, Xbox, PS/2, Groove

•Implementations• P2P & Group• Co-create a document, Demonstrate a program

• Netmeeting Desktop Sharing Demo

• Video• Pre-recorded One-way Video

• Internet based, H.323, TV, Satellite• Technologies

• Tegrity, Mediasite, PowerPoint Producer, Panasonic E-Wear camera, DVD Recorder, Streaming video server, Webcam

• Implementations• P2P, Group• Stream a pre-recorded lecture from a web page, demonstrate lab activities

• E-Wear Video Demo, Tegrity Demo

• Audio• Pre-recorded One-way Audio

• Internet based, H.323, TV, Satellite, MP3, Audio CD, Cassette Tape

• Technologies• Tegrity, Mediasite, PowerPoint Producer, Panasonic E-Wear Camera, Digital Voice Recorder, Streaming Audio Servers

• Implementations• P2P, Group• Student teachers + elementary students work together, provide recorded lectures on a web site

• E-Wear Audio Demo

• Text• Pre-written content

• Web pages, BLOGs, E-books, Online Survey Systems, Handheld devices, Textbooks, Bulletin Boards, Courseware

• Technologies• IIS, Content Management System, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, TabletPC, PocketPC, Rocket e-book, WebCT

• Implementations• P2P & Group• Online Syllabus and Class Notes, Online journaling, Surveys and Feedback

• Online Survey System Demo

• Data• Independent access to computer programs through a network

• Remote control software that gives the learner independent access to: educational games, puzzles, problems, simulations, office productivity programs, research & analysis programs

• Technologies• Web sites (Application Service Providers), Terminal services, Netmeeting, Taskstream, Camtasia, DACS

•Implementations• Can be provided to individuals or groups• Run programs and perform work independently outside of class• Outlook FAQ Camtasia Demo, DACS Demo