Distance Learning
Thru Interactive-television classes and Via internet
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Distance Learning
Distance education, or distance learning, is a field of education that focuses on the
pedagogy - strategies of instruction, or a style of instruction, technology, and
instructional system designs that aim to deliver education to students who are not
physically "on site" in a traditional classroom or campus.
It has been described as "a process to create and provide access to learning when the
source of information and the learners are separated by time and distance, or both." In
other words, distance learning is the process of creating an educational experience of
equal quality for the learner to best suit their needs outside the classroom.
Distance education courses that require a physical on-site presence for any reason
(including taking examinations) is considered a hybrid or blended course of study. This
emerging technology is becoming widely used in universities and institutions around the
globe.
With the recent trend of technological advance, distance learning is becoming more
recognized for its potential in providing individualized attention and communication
with students internationally.
Benefits of USE
Expanding access: Distance education can reach underserved populations of
students who cannot attend a school that offers the educational services they
desire, perhaps because they live too far away.
Cost reduction: Distance education can turn production of content into a
repeatable and durable learning tool that does not require as much
infrastructure. As most material can be packaged in an easy to deliver "just-in-
time" format, the expanding payroll of educational institutions becomes
unnecessary.
Emerging market opportunities: Distance education fuels the public's need for
lifelong learning in education by providing access to learners not in the
traditional k-12 age group.
Adapting to new technology and environments: Educational institutions may
adopt distance education as a means to adapt to the rapid changes in
technology being used in education today.
A) Interactive Television Classes
In the home and at school, conventional television remains a powerful tool
for education. However, it has largely been used as a passive medium, with
viewers receiving the information as observers rather than as participants.
Interactive Television (ITV) courses may work for you if you prefer to
watch a teacher but cannot be on a campus. Students watch the class on
television and call the instructor with questions or comments. The instructor
answers the questions during televised class time.
B) Via the Internet
Internet technology is growing fast and hopefully will become the most
acceptable mean of learning. It is presently making its marks and the impact is felt
tremendously.
E learning is defined as instruction delivered on a computer via internet or
CD-ROM (Clark & Mayer, 2007). It can be self paced or instructor led and
includes media in the form of text, streaming video, and audio and builds
user knowledge to improve organizational functioning. E learning commonly
refers to training delivered electronically in an organizational setting while
Online Learning is used to differentiate courses delivered via the internet in
educational settings.
Examples:
o College Courses offered via internet
o Job trainings through internet
o Seminars
o Conferences, Forums
Advantages and d distance learning on the Web
Stakeholders Advantages Disadvantages
Students accessibility for those living away from loss of direct interaction with the
the training center, in the far regions, or professor and the other students
in other countries loss of direct, immediate feedback
accessibility for those with restricted loss of motivation and high rate of
mobility (e.g., handicapped, injured, failures and drop-outs
elderly) difficulty to organize teamwork
flexibility for those with irregular work no access to the library
schedule the difficulty of personal work with
accessibility for those with family duties no temporal constraints
(e.g., parents with young children at problem of isolation
home) the quality of presentation depends
self-paced learning on the student's system
just-in-time learning
no waste of time in transport
Professor possibility of a larger audience loss of the dynamics of the class
no repetition in the classroom no visual contact and low feedback
more time available to prepare and from the students
upgrade the course difficult to evaluate the student's
acquisition of a new experience work
workload increase at the beginning
redefinition of the professor's role
and tasks
complexity of the copyright and the
author's rights for electronic
documents
Institution no need of building high costs at the beginning
easy access to an international clientele scarcity of specialists on the Internet
international visibility problems with credits evaluation
possibility of additional incomes necessity of redefining the
measurable returns on investments professors' duties and roles
difficult to define with precision the
role of the institution concerning the
rules and procedures with the Web
Society better access to education and increased risk of adopting the culture of the
competence of the workforce others when courses are taken from
creation of new high-tech jobs a foreign country
opening of new markets potential migration of students with
no waste of time in transport diplomas towards foreign countries
