Distance Education and the Internet TECH4101

Dr. Alaa SadikInstructional & Learning Technologies Department

-Hanaa al zuhaibi (69635)-Abeer Al maawali (82910)

Lecture One Defining

Distance Education

Distance Education and the Internet TECH4101

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What is distance education or distance learning?

Distance education is educational process where the vast majority of the teachings take places with the teacher and student being apart.

This means that the process uses teaching methods that convey education to students outside of the traditional classroom through print equipment and supplies such as: the computer, Internet, software programs, electronic conferencing and other resources.

Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?

is a field of education that focuses on the pedagogy, andragogy technology, and instructional systems design that aim to deliver education to students who are not physically "on site".

is a process to create and provide access to learning when the source of information and the learners are separated by time and distance, or both.

Defining Distance Education

Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?

Distance education is more broad than distance learning .It is systematic system and formal which consist learning environment and instructor and separated learners.

Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?distance education implies that the majority of educational communication between teacher and student occurs separated distance education involves two-way communication between teacher and student for the purpose of facilitating and supporting the educational process distance education uses technology to mediate the necessary two-way communication

Defining Distance Education

Distance education or distance learning?

Distance education need:-Technology to deliver the knowledge-Separation between teacher and

students-Communication tool

Defining Distance EducationHistory of distance education and technology

The earliest efforts at distance education involved correspondence study and really did not use any form of telecommunication. Instead, these early efforts relied on the postal service for the delivery of content and assignments. Next came audio-based distance education which incorporated radio and audio teleconferencing. During the 1940's, video-based distance education consisted of one-way video and audio, one-way video and two-way audio or two-way video-audio

Defining Distance EducationHistory of distance education and technology

Then computer-based distance education was introduced, using technologies such as network-based computer conferencing and tapes.

Today we're looking at web-based instruction using telecommunication and Internet technologies.

Defining Distance Education

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