Scope Of Online Distance Education

• A formalized teaching and learning system specifically designed to be carried out remotely by using electronic communication.

• Also known as:

Distance Education Distributed Learning Remote Learning

Criteria of

distance learning

Instruction

delivered via telecommunicationsyste

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Interactive

communication

Separated by

distance

Influence of an

educational

organisation

Means of delivery• Synchronous technologies All participants must “present” at the same time

• Asynchronous technologies Participants are not required to be together at the same time

Same time, different place

Different time, different place

Asynchronous technologies

Audiocassette Email / Message board forum

CD- Rom

Television Radio Online learning

Synchronous technologies

TelephoneVideoconferencing Webconferencing

Audioconferencing Internet chat Online learning

Advantages• Convenience Easily accessed at home Can study in the comfort of your own home • Flexibility Flexibility to set your own studying hours Freedom to work at your own pace • Ease of Access People who live in remote areas No need to travel and no time wasted on travelling • Affordability You don't have to pay for food , lodgings and milage

• Effectiveness Invite expert to interact with students via videoconference

• Multi-sensory Wide variety of materials

Disadvantages• No Social Interaction Feeling isolated on a distance learning course

• Too Much Freedom Need discipline or high motivation to set their own schedule for studying • Requires New Skills/Technologies Understand the technology and medium that is going to be used to deliver the course materials

• Problems with Equipment Equipments and hardware malfunctions

• Lack of Support Lack of face-to-face contact and support from other students and tutors

For Whom???

• People who work full-time can study around their working hours. • Full-time parents can study when the children are at school or asleep. • Disabled people don't have to leave their homes to study. • Older people don't have to feel self-conscious in a room full of teenagers. • People who live in remote areas don't have to travel miles to get to a school.

Why study??• Gain a promotion at work

• Learn a new skill or trade

• Improve their knowledge

• To boost confidence

• To keep their training up-to-date

• To help them to achieve their ambitions