This document discusses the history and theories behind distance education. It examines cognitivism, social constructivism, and behaviorism as theoretical foundations. Distance education has become a mainstream form of education, seen as an exciting concept. Theories of independent study focus on the roles of communication, teachers, learners, and information delivery. Cognitivism views the learner as an information processor. Social constructivism emphasizes creative experiences and personal interpretations in learning groups. Behaviorism sees the learner as passive and responding to environmental stimuli through positive and negative reinforcement.

1. Foundation of Distance
Technology
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2. OBJECTIVES
Cognitivism
Social Constructivism
Behaviorism
Distance Education Today and Tomorrow

3. Distance Education Today and Tomorrow
Became a main topic in education
Mainstream form of education
Concept of distance education being
exciting

4. Theory of Independent Study
Communication
Teacher
Learner
Information to the learner
Elements of learning and teaching

5. Concerned With
Cognitivism
Social Constructivism
Behaviorism

6. Cognitivism
Cognitivist paradigm will argue that
the black box of the mind will be
open and the learner will be reviewed
as an information processor

7. Social Constructivism
Being able to creative with experiences
to know what the student will be able to
learn by doing.
Personal interpretations and having to
be in learning groups.

8. Behaviorism
 Behaviorism assumes that the learner will be passive responding to environment
stimuli.
 Learners responses to signals dealing with behavior.
 Positive - increases behavior that will happen again and indicates the application.
 Negative – decreases behavior that will happen again and indicates the
withholding.

9. Summary
 Change agent while having behavior resources will be a
challenge where you have to know where and who can
be responsible for anything problems needed to be
solved. Understanding that dealing with different kind
of components can show how much things can change
from a distance in education.

10. Name
Courtney Harris Contact: Ha.ch804@gmail.com