Keegan’s Framework

Mark Roque

Educ 638

Sept. 17, 2014

Must answer 3 questions

• Is it an educational activity?– Yes

• Is it a form of conventional education?– Yes and no – unique and new field of study

• Is it even possible or contradictory?– No – distance instruction is possible, but not

distance education as it requires intersubjectivity (shared experience b/w learner and teacher)

Reintegration

• Keegan’s central idea is that in distance education, teaching and learning are two separate acts. They must be reintegrated in order for it to work

• How to do this:– Learning materials – Variety of techniques

Changes as a result

• 5 ways:– Industrialitzation of teaching– Privitization of institutional learning– Change in administrative structure– Different plants and buildings– Change of cost structure