This document defines distance education and discusses its history. Distance education involves physical or time separation between students and instructors, with educational technology used to connect them and transmit course content. It has existed since the 1700s through correspondence education, but technology-based distance education emerged in the early 1900s with audiovisual devices in schools. The history shows new technologies balanced against resistance to change, with distance education trying to blend with traditional education while adapting to evolving learning theories and technologies.

1. Distance Education and the Internet TECH4101 Done by : Rabaa AL-Adawi (69260) Abeer AL-Hosni (70430)

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

3. What is distance education or distance learning? Physical and/or time separation of the student and the instructor during the majority of class The use of educational technology to bring together the student and instructor and to transmit course content Two-way communication between the instructor and student http://www.boisestate.edu/distance/whatis.shtml Defining Distance Education

4. What is distance education or distance learning ? Distance education, or distance learning, is a field of education that focuses on the pedagogy, technology, and instructional system designs that aim to deliver education to students who are not physically "on site" in a traditional classroom or campus. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_education Defining Distance Education

5. Defining Distance Education History of distance education and technology The history of distance education could be tracked back to the early 1700s in the form of correspondence education, but technology-based distance education might be best linked to the introduction of audiovisual devices into the schools in the early 1900s . http://www.digitalschool.net/edu/DL_history_mJeffries.html

6. Defining Distance Education History of distance education and technology The historical view of distance education shows a stream of new ideas and technologies balanced against a steady resistance to change, and it often places technology in the light of promising more than it has delivered. History shows nontraditional education trying to blend with traditional education while striving to meet the challenge of constantly changing learning theories and evolving technologies.

7. Questions & Discussions The End