Distance education difinition

Distance Education

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Defining:- Distance Education

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What is distance education or distance learning?

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A field of education that focuses on the pedagogy, technology, and instructional system designs that aim to deliver education to students who are not physically "on site".

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?

It’s better to say Distance education not Distance learning. All the research on Google and Wikipedia support this.

Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?

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Defining Distance Education

What is distance education or distance learning?

Distance education is defined as cooperative process that focuses on the pedagogy,

technology, and instructional system designs .Distance learning is individualized process and the process of creating an educational experience of equal quality for the learner to best suit their outside the classroom. .

Defining Distance Education

Distance education or distance learning?

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DE must include specific elements and follow by criteria.

DL more freedom depends on the motivation.

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History of distance education and technology

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old technology is radio

Defining Distance Education

History of distance education and technology

Paragraph 2 here… modern technology :- Audio tools – video tools- Computer tools

Development history of DE:-

Distance education dates to at least as early as 1728, when "an advertisement in the Boston Gazette...[named] 'Caleb Phillips, Teacher of the new method of Short Hand" was seeking students for lessons to be sent week

Modern distance education has been practiced at least since Isaac Pitman taught shorthand in Great Britain via correspondence in the 1840sThe development of the postal service in the 19th century led to the growth of commercial correspondence colleges with nationwide reach.

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