Distance Education and the Internet TECH4101

Dr. Alaa SadikInstructional & Learning Technologies Department

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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

Defining Distance Education

Defining Distance Education

‘a term that covers the various forms of study at all levels which are not under the continuous immediate supervision of tutors present with their students in lecture rooms, but which, benefit from the planning, guidance and tuition of a tutorial organisation’ (Holmberg, 1977, p. 9).

Defining Distance Education

Distance education is a method of education in which the learner is physically separated from the teacher by space and time.

Distance education materials are often structured in ways that facilitate learning at a distance.

Rumble (1989)

Defining Distance Education

the majority of educational communication between the teacher and students occurs non-contiguously.

involve two-way communication technology between the teacher and students for the purpose of facilitating and supporting the educational process.

Garrison and Shale 1990, p. 25

In Conclusion

The separation of teacher and learner; The separation among learners; The use of technology to deliver the

subject matter; and The use of a communication channel to

facilitate interaction and support learners.

What is distance education or distance learning?

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

Defining Distance Education

Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?

Discuss the definitions you found with your classmates.

Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?

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

Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?Distance education is defined as a method of studying in which lectures are broadcast or classes are conducted by correspondence or over the Internet, without the student's needing to

attend a school or college.Distance learning is is a field of education that focuses on the pedagogy, technology, and instructional system designs that aim to deliver education to students who are not physically "on site" in a traditional classroom or campus.

Defining Distance Education

Distance education or distance learning?

Add your own point of view here … I think Distance education is better than

distance learning because the education term is more general and learning is a part of education.

Defining Distance EducationHistory of distance education and technology (old technology)

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The downside of the typewriter isn't that it doesn't allow for on the fly editing, but rather that it isn't exactly easy to service them nowadays.  There is something about the schreib machine that is so pure; it exists to put down your words in a fashion that anyone can read.  Frankly, the typewriter is one of the greatest inventions of mankind. 

Defining Distance EducationHistory of distance education and technology (modern technology)

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This is one the coolest technologies of 2013, you no-longer have to worry about reading or transferring your data from a computer to your iPad or iPhone, this iPad-iPhone flash drive will enable you transfer all types of files from your office computer to your mobile devices, it can hold up-to 16GB of documents, photos, videos, music and all types of files.

Defining Distance Education

Time for Presentation

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.

Questions & Discussions

The End