Destance Education Definition and examples of its technologies

1. Distance Education
and the Internet
TECH4101
Dr. Alaa Sadik
Instructional & Learning Technologies Department
Completed By: Wafa Al-Shuaili (94090)
www.alaasadik.net
alaasadik@squ.edu.om

2. Distance Education
and the Internet
TECH4101
Lecture One (Week 2)
Defining
Distance Education
Interactive Presentation

3. Defining Distance Education
Background:
1.The Industrial Revolution in the 19th century (see
Wikipedia) →
2.Developments in various fields of technology (give
examples) →
3.Offered new solutions for delivering instruction →
4.Learners’ interests (in what?) were enhanced →
5.Increase in the subject areas offered by distance
education →
6.Became one of the formal means of education.

4. 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.
Use Google to search for:
define:distance education

5. Defining Distance Education
‘a term that covers 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,
but which, benefit from the planning,
guidance and tuition of a tutorial
organisation’ (Holmberg, 1977, p. 9).

6. Defining Distance Education
Distance education is a method of
education in which the learner is physically
separated from the teacher by space and
time.
 Distance education materials are often
structured in ways that facilitate learning at
a distance.
Rumble (1989)
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7. Defining Distance Education
the majority of educational communication
between the teacher and students occurs
non-contiguously.
 involve two-way communication
technology between the teacher and
students for the purpose of facilitating and
supporting the educational process.
Garrison and Shale 1990, p. 25
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8. In Conclusion
The separation of teacher and learner;
 The separation among learners;
 The use of technology to deliver the
subject matter; and
 The use of a communication channel to
facilitate interaction and support learners.
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9. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education or
distance learning?
Distance
education or distance learning is a mode of delivering
education and instruction by using technology to students who are
not physically present in a traditional setting such as a classroom.
Students can study in their own time, at the place of their choice and
without face-to-face contact with a teacher.

10. Defining Distance Education
Distance education or distance
learning?
Distance education is an educational system takes place in
the organization that contains instructors and students in which
physical space separates instructors and learners.. Distance
learning is a broader concept. The term distance learning refers to
the use of educational materials or media by learners who are not
necessarily linked with an educational organization or engaged in
communication with an instructor in another word it is selflearning. Distance learning can be an outcome of distance
education processes, but it can also take place without an active
relationship between those doing the learning and an educational
agency.

11. Defining Distance Education
History of distance education and technology
(old technology)
In 1960s and 1970s HF radio was
used to help isolated students to
interact with their teachers and
classmates in in Queensland.

12. Defining Distance Education
History of distance education and
technology (modern technology)
Telemedicine is the telecommunication
and information technologies in order to
provide clinical health care at a distance.
It helps eliminate distance barriers and
can improve access to medical services
that would often not be consistently
available in distant rural communities. It
is also used to save lives in critical care
and emergency situations.

13. 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;
and
4. The use of a communication channel to
facilitate interaction and support learners.