Distance education

Distance Education and the Internet TECH4101

Dr. Alaa SadikInstructional & Learning Technologies DepartmentCompleted by:

Shamsa Al-muqbali 92099

Noora AL-Tabai 94985

[email protected]

Lecture One (Week 2) Defining

Distance Education

Distance Education and the Internet TECH4101

Interactive Presentation

Background:

1.The Industrial Revolution in the 19th century (see Wikipedia) →

2.Developments in various fields of technology (give examples) →

3.Offered new solutions for delivering instruction →

4.Learners’ interests (in what?) were enhanced →

5.Increase in the subject areas offered by distance education →

6.Became one of the formal means of education.

Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?

Defining the meaning of distance education may provide a good starting point to recognise its elements.

Use Google to search for: define:distance education


Distance education 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.


Use Wikipedia to find more info about distance education and distance learning


Distance education & distance learning:

is improved capabilities in knowledge and/or behaviors as a result of mediated experiences that are constraints by time and/or distance such that the learner does not share the same situation with what is being learned.

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.

Distance learning:

Distance education:



Discuss the definitions you found with your team



Clarify the definitions using the information you found in Wikipedia and other sites.


What is distance education or distance learning?Distance education is defined as Distance education is an approach that focuses in delivering teaching to students who are not physically present in a classroom.


Distance education or distance learning?

Add your own point of view here we think that Distance education is different from distance learning because distance is more general. It require more planning and support and distance learning class generally does not include a scheduled classroom meeting, the environment differs significantly from the classroom. (It is both and choosing if DE or DL will depend on the way of setting)


History of distance education and technology (old technology)the earliest version of distance education, developed in the mid-nineteenth century in Europe (Great Britain, France, Germany), and the United States, and spread swiftly.

cont, The most import technology

was printer. Gutenberg who introduced printing to Europe. His invention of mechanical movable type printing started the Printing Revolution and is widely regarded as the most important event of the modern period.


History of distance education and technology (modern technology)

Smart Board :

The Smart Board is an interactive whiteboard that uses touch detection for user input in the same way as normal PC input devices.


Time for Presentation


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.