Foundations of distance education

1. Foundations of
Distance
Education
By: Allson Barbee

2. Can you teach
PE at a
distance?
• PE is a class of multiple students
learning an athletic skill.
• It is possible to have an online
learning skill but impossible to
monitor behavior of students
• Who didn’t like to be a little
rowdy in gym class

3. The future of
Distance EDU
• Its becoming more wide spread
• Most adult graduate programs are
offered online
• 20% of high school students in dual
enrollment are in 1 online clas

4. Is it
effective????• Visual learners succeed the
same as in the classroom
• The development of the course
ie its set up make it successful
• Communication between the
instructor and student are a key
factor in the success of the
online class

5. DefinitionDistance Education:
Delivering educational
instruction to students not in a
traditional classroom setting

6. Fun Facts• Traditional students and
distance learning students
don’t learn any better or any
worse
• Theres an organization
specifically for distance
education

7. Distance
education

8. What is
Telemedicine??
• Medicine at a
distance
• Communication is
through
technology
• Interactions are
via web cams

9. Summary• Technology is used by teachers
to access the students from an
untraditional setting
• Telecommunications is slowly
emerging
• One main fundamental of
distance education is
separation of the teacher and
the student