This document discusses distance education and defines key terms. It begins by defining distance education as education that takes place when the instructor and participant are separated by space and/or time, with the gap bridged through technologies like audio/video or traditional methods like mail. It notes the earliest form was correspondence courses in Europe. Today, different regions have their own forms of distance education using various technologies and learner support methods to separate instructors and students by place or time.

1. Distance Education
and the Internet
TECH4101
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2. Distance Education
and the Internet
TECH4101
Lecture One
Defining
Distance Education
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3. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education or distance
learning?
DISTANCE EDUCATION:
Education that takes place when the instructor and
participant are separated by space and/or time. The gap
between the two can be bridged through the use of
technology - such as audio tapes, videoconferencing,
satellite broadcasts and online technology - and/or more
traditional delivery methods, such as the postal service.

4. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education or distance
learning?
Distance education, or distance learning,
is a field of education that focuses on the
pedagogy and andragogy, technology,
and instructional systems design that
aim to deliver education to students who
are not physically "on site".

5. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education or
distance learning?
It is the term used to expose the
field of education where the
instructor and the learner are
separated by place and not
necessarily by time. And the
content of this type of education
should be distributed using
technology to reconnect the
instructor with the student.

6. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education or
distance learning?
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 or the same premises, but
which, nevertheless, benefit from the
planning, guidance and tuition of a
tutorial organisation. (Holmberg,
1977,p.9)

7. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education or distance
learning?
****Distance education is defined as the Education that
takes place when the instructor and participant are
separated by space and/or time.
****Distance learning allows individuals to participate in
continuing education activities.

8. Defining Distance Education
Distance education or distance learning?
My point of view is that: there is distance education
which contain both parts for instructor and
learner or student and the student part could be
called as distance learning. And I disagree with
the view that says there is nothing approved as
distance learning because already we have to
principals which are “E-learning *** Blended
learning “

9. Defining Distance Education
History of distance education and technology
The earliest form of distance learning took place
through correspondence courses in Europe. This
was the accepted norm until the middle of this
century, when instructional radio and television
became popular and then followed by a variety of
more advance technology.
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10. Defining Distance Education
History of distance education and technology
Today, each region has developed its own form
of distance education in accordance with local
resources, target audience, and philosophy of
the organizations which provide the instruction.
Students work on their own, with supplied
course materials, print-based media and postal
communication, some form of teleconferencing
and/or electronic networking, and learner
support from tutors and mentors via telephone
or e-mail.
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11. Defining Distance Education
At the end :
we can conclude that distance
education has started since
earlier times but in different
shape through the
advancement of technology
but still it focuses on the same
idea of separating instructor
and learner in place or and
time and reconnect them
through any useful technology.

12. The End
Questions & Discussions