This document provides definitions and a brief history of distance education. It defines distance education as formal learning where the student and instructor are separated by space and time. Distance learning is defined as learning where the instructor and students are in physically separate locations, which can be synchronous or asynchronous. The document also notes that distance education dates back to the 18th century, and discusses how the development of communications technologies like mail and computer networks have allowed for new forms of distance education over time.

1. Distance Education and the Internet TECH4101 Dr. Alaa Sadik Instructional & Learning Technologies Department www.alaasadik.net [email_address]

2. Lecture One Defining Distance Education Distance Education and the Internet TECH4101 Asma AL-Fahdi (68716) & Kareema Al-siyabi(65932 Interactive Presentation

3. What is distance education or distance learning? Use to search for: define:distance education Defining Distance Education Education that takes place when the instructor and student are separated by space and time. oregonone.org/glossary.htm an educational process and system in which all or a significant proportion of the teaching is carried out by someone or something removed in space and time from the learner. www.unesco.org/education/educprog/lwf/doc/portfolio/definitions.htm

4. What is distance education or distance learning? Use to find more info about distance education and distance learning Defining Distance Education 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".

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7. Defining Distance Education What is distance education or distance learning? Distance education is defined as Formal learning in which the student and the instructor are not in the same place at the same time. www.educationusa.state.gov/study/glossary.htm Distance learning … Learning where the instructor and the students are in physically separate locations. Can be either synchronous or asynchronous . ... www.delmar.edu/distancelearning/student_success/glossary/glossary-d-f.htm . So, they have the same meaning

8. Defining Distance Education Distance education or distance learning? Add your opinion here … It is generally acceptable to use terms "distance learning" and "distance education" interchangeably as they are deemed to mean the same thing

9. Defining Distance Education History of distance education and technology Paragraph 1 here… Distance education dates back to at least as early as 1728, when "an advertisement in the Boston Gazette, Teacher of the new method of Short Hand" was seeking students for lessons to be sent weekly. Modern distance education has been practiced at least since Isaac Pitman taught shorthand in Great Britain via correspondence in the 1840s.The development of the postal service in the 19th century led to the growth of Commercial correspondence colleges with nation-wide reach.

10. Defining Distance Education History of distance education and technology Paragraph 2 here… Distance education increasingly uses combinations of different communications technologies to enhance the abilities of teachers and students to communicate with each other. With the spread of computer-network communications in the 1980s and 1990s, large numbers of people gained access to computers linked to telephone lines, allowing teachers and students to communicate in conferences via computers.

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