This document discusses distance education and its definition. It provides several definitions of distance education, including formal learning where the instructor and student are separated by space and/or time. The document also briefly outlines the history of distance education, noting that it has developed through five generations from print-based correspondence to today's internet-based intelligent flexible learning.

1. Distance Education and the Internet TECH4101 Dr. Alaa Sadik Instructional & Learning Technologies Department www.alaasadik.net [email_address] Amal AL-Balushi (66755) Hiba AL-Julandani (57549) Sara AL-Zahili (63466)

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

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5. Defining Distance Education What is distance education or distance learning? Discuss the definitions you found with your team

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7. Defining Distance Education What is distance education or distance learning? Distance education is defined as education that takes place when the instructor and student are separated by space and/or time. Formal Learning in which the student and the instructor are not in the same place and the same time. Resource: http://www.google.com.om/search?hl=ar&q=define%3Adistance+education&meta =

8. Defining Distance Education Distance education or distance learning? Distance education because what is the role of the teacher if the learner learns by himself!!! If we say distance learning it seems that we cancel the role of the teacher. Also, through the education the learning happens. So, education is the broadband.

9. Defining Distance Education History of distance education and technology DE has been developed through 5 generations: Correspondence generation (Print). Multimedia Generation (Videotape, audiotape, CDs..etc). Telelearning Generation (Audioconferencing, videoconferencing, broadcasting) Flexible Learning generation (internet, network) Intelligent flexible learning generation. Resource: http://www.dest.gov.au/archive/highered/hes/hes40/hes40.pdf

10. Defining Distance Education Resource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_education History of distance education and technology DE started in 1728. The University of London was the first university to offer DL degree. In 2006 the Sloan Consortium reported that more than 96 percent of the largest colleges and universities in the United States offered online courses and that almost 3.2 million U.S. students were taking at least one online course during the fall 2005 term.

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