Definition of Distance Education

1. Distance Education
and the Internet
TECH4101
Dr. AlaaSadik
Instructional & Learning Technologies Department
AmeenaAl-Rawahi(68707)
RoqayiaAl-Hashmi(68697)
Laila Al-Tobi(68711)
www.alaasadik.net
[email protected]

2. Lecture One
Defining
Distance Education
Distance Education
and the Internet
TECH4101
Interactive Presentation

3. What is distance educationor distance
learning?
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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

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

5. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education or distance
learning?
Discuss the definitions you found with your
team

6. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education or distance
learning?
Clarify the definitions using
the information you found in
Wikipedia and other sites.

7. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education or distance
learning?
From our view of point, Distance education isa complete
system of teaching and learning that focuses on delivering
and supporting learning for students who are physically
separated from the instructor.

8. Defining Distance Education
Distance education or distance learning?
Add your own point of view here:
Distance education because all students are learners but
not all learners are students.

9. Defining Distance Education
History of distance education and
technology
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Distance education started with corresponding or printed materials.
Then it moves toward the broadcasting (Audio and TV).

10. Defining Distance Education
Modern technologies of distance education
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Distance education then moved toward more interactive technologies such
as telephone, audio conferencing, video conferencing and computers and
networking.

11. development in the definition of distance education
The development of distance education is linked with the
development of its technologies that are used to deliver and
support the learning. It started with corresponding or printed
materials moving to broadcasting and TV retching the computer
and networking with full y interactive environment.