The role of ICT in Distance Learning

1. The role of ICT in Distance Learning

2. • The separation of teacher and learner which distinguishes it from face-to-face
lecturing
• The influence of an educational organization which distinguishes it from private
study
• The use of technical media, usually print, to unite teacher and learner and carry
the educational content
• The provision of two-way communication so that the student may benefit from
or even initiate dialogue
• The possibility of occasional meetings for both didactic and socialization
purposes
• The participation in an industrialized form of education which, if accepted,
contains the genus of radical separation of distance education from other forms.
Main elements of a definition of distance education (Keegan 1980)

3. • Convergence of audiovisual and telephone networks with computer networks
through a single cabling or link system.
• ICT is an umbrella term that includes any communication device,
encompassing radio, television, cell phones, computer and network
hardware, satellite systems and so on, as well as the various services and
appliances with them such as video conferencing and distance learning.”
• Software that runs on the connecting devices, the office suites of applications
for organization operations, the resource planning applications and databases
that organizes and analyses information and more importantly the Web 2.0
that emphasize user-generated content, ease of use, participatory culture and
interoperability for end users.
Definition of Information Communication Technology (ICT) (Wikipedia)

4. The separation of teacher and learner
Role
• Bridge the barriers of time and space
between the teacher and learners and
also among learners
• Presentation of the learning materials
Tips
• Success depends on your use of
technologies appropriately i.e.
interactivity, engagement
Technologies
• Physical infrastructure like networking
• Mobile technology
• Digital readers and tablets
• Virtual reality
• Email
• Discussion Boards
• Forums/Chats
• Social Media
• Video Conferencing
The separation of teacher and learner

5. The influence of an educational organization
Role
• Provision of communication platforms
for disseminating information and
supporting the students and teachers
• Motivating the learners to reduce
drop out and burn out
Tips
• Use technology to SCALE, promote
inclusiveness and counselling.
Technologies
• Office Apps (Word, PowerPoint,
• Gamified Softwares
• Artificial Intelligence
• Learning Apps ( Padlet,
mentimeter, Kahoot, Slido)
• Educational Resource Planning

6. The use of technical media
Role
• Curriculum Planning
• Appropriate technologies for learners
• Learning Materials
• Promote openness and accessibility
(OER, OA)
Tips
• Use technologies for Interactivity,
stability and promote openness
Technologies
• Digital Artifact
• Interactivity Multimedia
• Virtual Reality
• Video Conferencing tools (Zoom,
Google Classroom, Microsoft Team)
• Digital Assessment Apps
• Gamification
• Protored Examination Tools

7. The provision of two-way communication
Role
• Facilitate and open up interaction, dialogue
and communication between the teachers,
administrators and the students,
• Distributing information between learners
and teachers, learners and learners.
• Provision synchronous and asynchronous
connection
Tips
• Use technologies for communication and
support
Technologies
• Email
• Discussion forums
• Video Conferencing
• Audio Conferencing
• Social Media

8. The possibility of occasional meetings
Role
• Facilitating large scale
communication among the
stakeholders
Tips
• Use technologies for
presentation and socialization.
Technologies
• Video conferencing
• Internet meeting room
• Chats (Whatsapp, Telegram)
• Face-to-face ( Laptops, Smart
TVs, Projectors)

9. The participation in an industrialized form of education
Role
• Provision of educational management
software
• Enhancing management operations
i.e. marketing, financial, personnel
Tips
• Use technologies for operation and
communication management
Technologies
• Educational Resource Planning
• Cloud technology
• Web 2.0 (Content Management
Systems)
• Learning Management System
(Moodle, Claroline, WebCT,
Blackboard, and others)
• Artificial Intelligence

10. Five-stage model of online learning
Scaffolding students to use
technology and learning tasks
and materials through five
stages, including access and
motivation, on-line
socialization, information
exchange, knowledge
construction and development.

11. Some technologies used in distance for distance learning
Audio conference
Multimedia
World Wide Web
Videoconference
Telecourse/Datacast
Print
Webcast Web
Conference
Web 2.0
Artificial
Intelligence

12. • In retrospect, summarily ICT has fully enhanced and improve distance
education.
However, it is important to see technology as a tool, a means to an end and
what defines distance education practice should not be the technology used,
but the pedagogical or teaching-learning variables. Will face-to-face learning
survive the 21st century? The voice of the seers says it all that “tomorrow’s
education will be distanced.”
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