Defining distanceeducation

Distance Education and the Internet TECH4101

Dr. Alaa SadikInstructional & Learning Technologies Department

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Completed by:Sumaya Al-Fahdi (88855)

Lecture One Defining

Distance Education

Distance Education and the Internet TECH4101

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What is distance education or distance learning?

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“A type of education, typically college-level, where students work on their own at home or at the office and communicate with faculty and other students via e-mail, electronic forums, videoconferencing, chat rooms, bulletin boards, instant messaging and other forms of computer-based communication”.

Adapted from: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/distance_learning.html

Defining Distance Education


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“Distance education or distance learning 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”.

Adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_education




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Distance education is defined as a formal teaching and learning system for students who are not physically present in a traditional educational setting, such as a classroom, by using technologies to deliver course material, assessment, feedback,... etc


Distance education or distance learning?

Distance education because it is wider term. Also, distance education consider as systematic approach for formal education while learning could be both formal and informal. There is a deference between learning and education that learning is just a part of the educational process.

Defining Distance EducationHistory of distance education and technologyDistance Education started at 1728 in the form of correspondence education, but technology-based distance education might be best linked to the introduction of audiovisual devices into the schools in the early 1900s.

Examples of old Technologies used:

1- Postal services2- Audio tapes3- Radio4-Books and printed materials5- Educational television

ers.


History of distance education and technologyExamples of modern technologies

used in distance Education:

1- Videoconferencing2- Web-conferencing3- Blackboard4- Mobile learning5- Emails, Chat, Voicemail, …etc


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