The document discusses internet-based distance education. It describes the architecture of the internet using a tiered system and how the internet functions as an interconnected network. It explains how distance education has shifted from an instruction-centered model to a learner-centered model that promotes active learning and learner-based instruction through collaboration and control of the learning process. Additionally, it covers technologies used for course management like web 2.0, wikis and blogs in distance education and the future growth of virtual schools and universities, as well as developing standards and learning objects.

1. INTERNET-
BASED
DISTANCE
EDUCATION
Submitted by Raymond Green

2. THE INTERNET
it is not a clearly defined single
entity, but an interconnected
network with a shared common
language know n as TCP-IP.

3. TIER 1:
Backbone Networks and
Internet Exchange Points.
TIER 2:
Regional Networks.
TIER 3:
Internet Service Providers.
TIER 4:
Organizational and Home
Networks.
Architecture of the Internet

4. THE
FOUNDATION
OF THE
INTERNET
Collaboration
Mastery of coursework
Control of learning process
Promotes strong active learning

5. From an Instruction-Centered
Model
To a Learner-Centered
Model
Learner-based Instruction

6. THE VERSUSES
Distributed
Learning
Distance
Learning

7. COURSE MANAGEMENT
WEB 2.0
WIKIS
BLOGS
SOCIAL NETWORKING
TECHNOLOGIES

8. PEDAGOGIES
E-learning Adoption Circles
Fundamentals of Teaching Online

9. FUTURE OF
DISTANCE LEARNING
Growth of Virtual Schools and Universities

10. Development of Standards and Learning Objects