Distance education is defined as a field of education that focuses on pedagogy, technology, and instructional system design aimed at delivering education to students who are not physically present. It uses systems, roles, assignments, and tools to deliver course materials to students located around the world. Distance education has evolved from early uses of mail correspondence to modern technologies like Skype that allow real-time video communication between teachers and students. Key features of distance education include the physical separation of teachers and learners, separation among learners, use of a medium to deliver instruction, and use of communication channels to facilitate interaction and support learners.

1. Distance Education
and the Internet
TECH4101
Dr. Alaa Sadik
Instructional & Learning Technologies Department
www.alaasadik.net
alaasadik@squ.edu.om

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

3. 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.

4. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education?
Define as a field of education that focus on
pedagogy, technology and instructional
system designed that aimed to deliver
education to student who are not present
physically by online

5. 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).

6. 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)


7. 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


8. In Conclusion
The separation of teacher and learner;
 The separation among learners;
 The use of technology to deliver the
subject matter; and
 The use of a communication channel to
facilitate interaction and support learners.


9. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education or
distance learning?
It is distance education because it
has system, roles, assignment and
tools to deliver the materials for
student who are in different places
on the world

10. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education or
distance learning?
It is mode of delivering education and
instruction to student who are not physically
present in a classroom.

11. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education or
distance learning?
Clarify the definitions using the information you found in
Wikipedia and other sites.
Define as a field of education that focus on
pedagogy, technology and instructional system
designed that aimed to deliver education to
student who are not present physically by online

12. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education or
distance learning?
Distance education is defined as a field of education that
focus on pedagogy, technology and instructional system
design that aim to deliver education to students who are
not present physically.

13. Defining Distance Education
Distance education or distance learning?
Distance education because it has system, roles,
assignment and tools to deliver the materials for
students who are in different places on the world.

14. Defining Distance Education
History of distance education and
technology (old technology)
In 1728 Celeb Phillips offers what is
thought to be the first distance learning
class. The consists of weekly shorthand
by mail.

15. Defining Distance Education
History of distance education and
technology (modern technology)
Skype: Skype ranks among today's most widely-utilized
ways to make voice or video calls online, providing for
communication across PCs, smartphones,
tablets and mobile devices, making it a
useful tool in educators' arsenal. Thousands
of teachers and kids can use it to connect
with experts, or fellow pupils and educators,
for real-time chats -- and for free.

16. Defining Distance Education
Time for
Presentation

17. Defining Distance Education
In conclusion, many key features characterize
distance education:
1. The separation of teacher and learner;
2. The separation among learners;
3. The use of one medium to deliver instruction;
and
4. The use of a communication channel to
facilitate interaction and support learners.

18. The End
Questions & Discussions