Distance Education and the Internet TECH4101

Dr. Alaa SadikInstructional & Learning Technologies Department

www.alaasadik.netalaasadik@squ.edu.om

Complete by - Bader Mohammed Al-Wardi (68709)

- Abdullah Said Al-Kaabi (68713)

Lecture One Defining

Distance Education

Distance Education and the Internet TECH4101

Interactive Presentation

What is distance education or distance learning?

Use to search for :define:distance education

NOTE: The importance of defining the meaning of distance education is that it may provide a good starting point to recognise its elements.

Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?

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Defining Distance Education

Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?

Discuss the definitions

you found with your team

Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?

Clarify the definitions using

the information you found in

Wikipedia and other sites.

Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?Distance education is defined as :

♣ 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”

♣ A formal learning activity which occurs when students and instructor are separated by geographic distance or by time, often supported by communications technology such as television, videotape, computers, email, mail, or interactive videoconferencing.

Defining Distance Education

Distance education or distance learning?

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♣this type of learning happen when the students are isolated and separated from the instructor by geographic distance or by time.

♣the long distance between the instructor or resource and students can be linked through synchronous technologies .e.g. telephone, radio, web conferencing and videoconferencing or by asynchronous technologies .e.g. audiocassette, E-mail and voice mail.

Defining Distance Education

History of distance education and technology

Paragraph 1: The early Distance Education media like:♣ Printed materials .e.g. textbooks,manuals,course notes,study guides ect….♣ White and black televisions.♣ Radio

Defining Distance EducationHistory of distance education and technology

Paragraph 2 : Modern Distance Education media : 1-synchronous technologies .e.g. telephone, videoconferencing and web conferencing .

2 -asynchronous technologies .e.g. audiocassettes, E-mail, voice mail/fax.

Defining Distance EducationResources:

1-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_education

Questions & Discussions

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