Distance education is defined as a method of education where the learner and teacher are separated by space and time. It involves structured learning materials and two-way communication technologies to facilitate the educational process between remote locations. Historically, distance education emerged from developments in technology in the 19th century that offered new solutions for delivering instruction to learners' interests from afar. Early technologies like audio cassettes were used to transmit information between remote teachers and students, while modern technologies like video conferencing now enable live video and audio interaction over the internet to support distance learning.

1. Distance Education
and the Internet
TECH4101
Dr. Alaa Sadik
Instructional & Learning Technologies Department
Editing by:
Mithaa AL-Amri 93036
Hasnaa AL-Hajri 92633

2. 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.

3. 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).

4. 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)

5. 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

6. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education or distance learning?
Wikipedia
defines D-Learning as a mode of delivering education
and instruction, often on an individual basis, to students who are not
physically present in a traditional setting such as a classroom. Distance
learning provides "access to learning when the source of information
and the learners are separated by time and distance.

7. Distance education
vs.
Distance learning
Education
distance is formal process which aims
to redesign and deliver materials, knowledge,
values to student who are not physically in
traditional classroom by using technology. On
other hand, learning distance is informal process
which is a part of Education distance.

8. The basic components of distance
education or learning.
The
separation of teacher and
learner;
The separation among learners;
The use of one medium to
deliver instruction; and
The use of a communication
channel to facilitate interaction
and support learners.

9. Defining Distance Education
History of distance
education and technology
(old technology.
Audio cassettes, also called cassette
tapes, are a format for recording and
playing audio. They consist of a small
plastic device containing a reel-to-reel
tape of magnetic information. It was
use in the past for carrying the
information between the teachers and
students in distance education.

10. Defining Distance Education
History of distance education and
technology (modern technology)
Video Conferencing means a set of system to
provide video and audio interaction between peoples
around the world over internet including a computer
system, projector camera etc.

11. The End
Questions & Discussions