2. What is Distance Education?
It is a formalized teaching and learning system
specifically designed to be carried out
remotely by using electronic communication.
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4. Advantages of Distance
Education
less expensive to support
not constrained by geographic
consideration.
more flexible in terms of time and
can be delivered virtually anywhere.
Self-paced learning that reduces
stress and increases satisfaction
5. Disadvantages of Distance
Education
lack of social interaction
format isn’t ideal for all learners
requires adaptability to new
technologies
not all courses required to complete
the degree may be offered online.
some employers don’t accept online
degrees.
6. Evaluation in Distance
Education
Evaluation in the sense of "the
systematic investigation of the worth or
merit of some object" has several
meanings within education.
Most common purpose is to grade and
classify students, to sort out the
successes from the failures
7. 2 Types of Evaluation
Approach
First one is the
"traditional", "positivist-empiricist"
or "agricultural-botany" approach to
evaluation.
This characterizes the attempt to apply
the rules and procedures of the physical
sciences to the evaluation area.
8. Second one is more eclectic view of
evaluation that incorporates qualitative
and naturalistic techniques forthe
evaluation of distance education.
9. According to Woodley and Kirkwood
(1986), six categories of evaluation
information can be collected about
distance education activities.
1. Measures of activity
2. Measures of efficiency
3. Measures of outcomes
4. Measures of program aims
5. Measures of policy
6. Measures of organizations
