Distance Education and the Internet TECH4101

Adhraa AL-Resheidi 96861

Maryam Al-Balushi 94899

What is distance education or distance learning?Distance education is a formal learning activity that occurs when students and instructor are separated by geographic distance or by time. It aims to deliver a quality university education to students who are not able to be physically

present on campus. Also, Learning the course material is facilitated by communications technology such as

television, videotape, computers or mail.

Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?

Also, it is a field of education using educational strategies that take advantage of technology to deliver lessons to students without ever requiring them to be in a traditional educational setting such as a classroom.

Defining Distance Education

Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?

As we know that the term of education means a process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, esp. at a school or university. And the term of learning means the acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, study, or by being

taught.

So, according to these definitions we think that distance education is more border than distance learning because

education is more general otherwise the learning is a part of education and one of its outcomes.

Methods and Delivery Systems

Distance education may use all forms of technology, from print to the computer. This range will include radio, television, audio video conferencing, computer assisted instruction, e-learning and so forth. Older models of distance education utilized postal mail to send written material, videos, audiotapes, and compact discs or other media storage formats to the student and to turn in the exercises. Today's distance education course makes use of e-mail, the internet, and video conferencing over broadband network connections for both wired physical locations and wireless mobile learning.

Printer

In the past the people use the printer

To publish books and then

They deliver them to people.

Features:

1- no connection with the computers.

2- need long time and more cost for publishing.

3- no interaction between the publisher and the people.

History of distance education and technology (old technology)

History of distance education and technology (old technology)

Postal mail

Mail delivery by animals has been used

in many countries throughout history.

It used to be the only way to quickly

transport large bundles of letters over

long distances, until motorised vehicles

became more widespread. Mail is still

delivered by animals in a few remote

locations that lack vehicular road access.

History of distance education and technology (new technology)

video conference

It is a telecommunication technologies

which allow two or more locations to

communicate by simultaneous two-way

video and audio transmissions. It has

also been called 'visual collaboration‘

and is a type of groupware.

History of distance education and technology (new technology)

Social media

It’s refers to the means of interactions

among people in which they create, share,

and/or exchange information and ideas

in virtual communication and networks.