Distance Education and the Internet TECH4101

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Lecture One (Week 2) Defining Distance EducationDone by: Shiekha AL-RashdiID:90604

Distance Education and the Internet TECH4101

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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 or distance learning?

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

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Defining Distance Education

Holmberg in his book entitled Growth and Structure of Distance Education is more descriptive:

Distance education includes 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 or on the same premises, but which, nevertheless, benefit from the planning, guidance and tuition of a tutorial organization.

What is distance education or distance learning?

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

Defining Distance Education

Distance education is formalized instructional learning where the time/geographic situation constrains learning by not affording in person contact between student and instructor. In person education is formalized instructional learning where the time/geographic situation constrains learning by requiring synchronous person-to-person interaction.Resource-Article: Defining Distance Learning and Distance Education, Frederick B. King, Michael F. Young, Kelly Drivere-Richmond, P. G. Schrader,The University of Connecticut , Neag School of Education

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

Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?

Clarify the definitions using the information you found in Wikipedia and other sites.Distance learning, sometimes called e-learning, is a formalized teaching and learning system specifically designed to be carried out remotely by using electronic communication. But in Wikipedia:

is a field of education that focuses on teaching methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional educational setting such as a classroom.

Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?Distance education is defined as formalized instructional learning where the time/geographic situation constrains learning by not affording in person contact between student and instructor. In person education is formalized instructional learning where the time/geographic situation constrains learning by requiring synchronous person-to-person interaction..

Defining Distance Education

Distance education or distance learning? In my opinion:It is distance education because it refers to a systematic approach involving the distance learning environment, educators and separated learners.

Defining Distance Education

History of distance education and technology (old technology)Distance education dates to at least as early as 1728, when "an advertisement in the Boston Gazette... [named] 'Caleb Phillips, Teacher of the new method of Short Hand" was seeking students for lessons to be sent weekly.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_education

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Old Printer

Post mail

Defining Distance EducationHistory of distance education and technology (modern technology)Modern distance education initially relied on the development of postal services in the 19th century and has been practised at least since Isaac Pitman taught shorthand in Great Britain via correspondence in the 1840s.[5] The University of London claims to be the first university to offer distance learning degrees, establishing its External Programme in 1858.

This program is now known as the University of London International Programs and includes Postgraduate, Undergraduate and Diploma degrees created by colleges such as the London School of Economics, Royal Holloway and Goldsmiths.[6] In the United States William Rainey Harper, first president of the University of Chicago developed the concept of extended education, whereby the research university had satellite colleges of education in the wider community, and in 1892 he also encouraged the concept of correspondence school courses to further promote education, an idea that was put into practice by Columbia University.[7] In Australia, the University of Queensland established its Department of Correspondence Studies in 1911.[8] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_education

Example of modern technology used in DE

Video conferencing

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Defining Distance Education

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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; and4. The use of a communication channel to facilitate interaction and support learners.

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